לָאָה laah
Hebrew word for “be weary” · Strong’s H3811 · used 19 times in 18 verses
Meaning
1) to be weary, be impatient, be grieved, be offended;
How it is translated
Glosses given for laah in context, with how often each is used:
- weary 5
- will be weary 2
- has made weary 2
- became weary 1
- will you be impatient? 1
- have become impatient 1
- make weary 1
- will make weary 1
- has wearied itself 1
- have become weary 1
- have made weary 1
- had wearied myself 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 5 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 |
Chapters where it is used most
Job 4 (2), Genesis 19 (1), Exodus 7 (1), Job 16 (1), Psalms 68 (1), Proverbs 26 (1), Isaiah 1 (1), Isaiah 7 (1), Isaiah 16 (1), Isaiah 47 (1)
Forms
- נלאיתי 3
- נלאה 2
- וילאו 1
- ונלאו 1
- תלאה 1
- ותלא 1
- הלאני 1
- ונלאה 1
- הלאות 1
- תלאו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with laah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- יָכֹל yakhol “be able” 3
- כּוּל kul “to sustain” 2
- עָצַר atsar “to restrain” 2
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 3
- חֹדֶשׁ chodesh “month” 2
- אֵשׁ esh “fire” 2
- נָא na “please” 2
- עַתָּה attah “now” 2
- אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 2
- גַּם gam “also” 2
- אֵת et “with” 2
- דָבַר davar “to speak” 2
Key verses
The verses using laah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 19:11 — And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
- Job 4:5 — But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
- Isaiah 7:13 — And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
- Isaiah 16:12 — And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
- Isaiah 47:13 — Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these…
- Jeremiah 6:11 — Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men…
- Jeremiah 9:5 — And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit…
- Jeremiah 12:5 — If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst,…
- Jeremiah 15:6 — Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
- Jeremiah 20:9 — Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was…
- Ezekiel 24:12 — She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
- Micah 6:3 — O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
See all 18 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.