Definition
from H3510; suffering (physical or mental), adversity
Traditional renderings: grief, pain, sorrow.
Traditional renderings: grief, pain, sorrow.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders כְּאֵב:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
6 total
- Job 2:13הַכְּאֵ֖ב · his sufferingThen they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
- Job 16:6כְּאֵבִ֑י · my painEven if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
- Psalm 39:2וּכְאֵבִ֥י · and my sorrowI was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
- Isaiah 17:11וּכְאֵ֥ב · pain…though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout—yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.
- Isaiah 65:14מִכְּאֵ֣ב · with a heavyMy servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.
- Jeremiah 15:18כְאֵבִי֙ · my painWhy is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.