Definition
from H5888; languid
Traditional renderings: faint, thirsty, weary.
Traditional renderings: faint, thirsty, weary.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עָיֵף:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
17 total
- Genesis 25:29עָיֵֽף׃ · was famishedOne day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.
- Genesis 25:30עָיֵ֖ף · famishedHe said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
- Deuteronomy 25:18עָיֵ֣ף · and weary…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 8:4עֲיֵפִ֖ים · exhaustedThen Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.
- Judges 8:5עֲיֵפִ֣ים · are exhaustedSo 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 16:14עֲיֵפִ֑ים · exhaustedFinally, the king and all the people with him arrived, exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.
- 2 Samuel 17:29וְעָיֵ֥ף · exhausted…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 22:7עָיֵ֣ף · to the wearyYou gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
- Psalm 63:1וְעָיֵ֣ף · and wearyA Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
- Psalm 143:6עֲיֵפָ֖ה · thirstsI stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
- Proverbs 25:25עֲיֵפָ֑ה · a wearyLike cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.
- Isaiah 5:27עָיֵ֤ף · grows wearyNone of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.
- Isaiah 28:12לֶֽעָיֵ֔ף · let the weary…to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.
- Isaiah 29:8עָיֵ֔ף · faint…as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
- Isaiah 32:2עֲיֵפָֽה׃ · in an aridEach will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
- Isaiah 46:1לַעֲיֵפָֽה׃ · to the weary [animal]Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
- Jeremiah 31:25עֲיֵפָ֑ה · the weary…for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”