H5889 - עָיֵף (ʻâyêph)

H5889 עָיֵף (ʻâyêph) aw-yafe'

Hebrew

Adjective (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

faint

Strong's Definition

languid

Derivation: from H5888 (עָיֵף);

KJV Usage: faint, thirsty, weary.

TWOT Reference: 1614a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) faint, exhausted, weary

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G504

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

faint, exhausted, weary

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עָיֵף ‛âyêph BDB Definition: 1) faint, exhausted, weary Part of Speech: adjective A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5888 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1614a Total KJV Occurrences: 14

Bible Occurrences (17)

25:29 25:30

25:18

8:4 8:5

16:14 17:29

22:7

63:1 143:6

25:25

5:27 28:12 29:8 32:2 46:1

31:25

Genesis 25:29

One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.

Genesis 25:30

He said to Jacob, Let me eat... some of that red [stew], for I am famished. That is why... he was also called... Edom.

Deuteronomy 25:18

how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers...; they had no fear of God.

Judges 8:4

Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan [and] crossed it..., exhausted yet still in pursuit.

Judges 8:5

So [Gideon] said to the men of Succoth, Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing... Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.

2 Samuel 16:14

Finally, the king and all the people with him arrived, exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.

2 Samuel 17:29

honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd... for David and his people to eat. For they said, The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.

Job 22:7

You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,