H3287 - יָעֵף (yâʻêph)

H3287 יָעֵף (yâʻêph) yaw-afe'

Hebrew

Adjective (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

weary

Strong's Definition

fatigued; figuratively, exhausted

Derivation: from H3286 (יָעַף);

KJV Usage: faint, weary.

TWOT Reference: 885a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) faint, weary, fatigued

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1587 G1590 G2872 G3983 G5342

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

faint, weary, fatigued

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

יָעֵף yâ‛êph BDB Definition: 1) faint, weary, fatigued Part of Speech: adjective A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H3286 Same Word by TWOT Number: 885a Total KJV Occurrences: 3

Bible Occurrences (4)

8:15

16:2

40:29 50:4

Judges 8:15

And [Gideon] went to the men of Succoth and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, [Are] the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your weary men?

2 Samuel 16:2

Why do you have these? asked the king -. Ziba replied, The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.

Isaiah 40:29

He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak....

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.