עָיֵף

hebrewOld TestamentAdjective17 occurrences9 books17 verses

Definition

from H5888; languid
Traditional renderings: faint, thirsty, weary.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עָיֵף:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

17 total
  1. Genesis 25:29עָיֵֽף׃ · was famished
    One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.
  2. Genesis 25:30עָיֵ֖ף · famished
    He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
  3. 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.
  4. Judges 8:4עֲיֵפִ֖ים · exhausted
    Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.
  5. Judges 8:5עֲיֵפִ֣ים · are exhausted
    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.”
  6. 2 Samuel 16:14עֲיֵפִ֑ים · exhausted
    Finally, the king and all the people with him arrived, exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.
  7. 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.”
  8. Job 22:7עָיֵ֣ף · to the weary
    You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
  9. Psalm 63:1וְעָיֵ֣ף · and weary
    A 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.
  10. Psalm 143:6עֲיֵפָ֖ה · thirsts
    I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
  11. Proverbs 25:25עֲיֵפָ֑ה · a weary
    Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.
  12. Isaiah 5:27עָיֵ֤ף · grows weary
    None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Isaiah 32:2עֲיֵפָֽה׃ · in an arid
    Each 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.
  16. 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.
  17. Jeremiah 31:25עֲיֵפָ֑ה · the weary
    …for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”