HebrewH3015Noun (Masculine)

יָגוֹן

ya.gon

12Occurrences
H3015Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

affliction

from H3013 (יָגָה);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
grief, sorrow, anguish

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

יָגוֹן appears 12 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
4
Genesis
2
Isaiah
2
Psalms
2
Esther
1
Ezk
1

Key Passages

Esther 9:22BSB

as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.

Genesis 42:38BSB

But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”

Isaiah 35:10BSB

So the redeemed of the LORD will returnand enter Zion with singing,crowned with everlasting joy.Gladness and joy will overtake them,and sorrow and sighing will flee.

Jeremiah 20:18BSB

Why did I come out of the wombto see only trouble and sorrow,and to end my days in shame?

Jeremiah 45:3BSB

You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’”

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