מַכְאוֹב makhov
Hebrew word for “pain” · Strong’s H4341 · used 16 times in 15 verses
Meaning
1) pain, sorrow; 1a) pain (physical); 1b) pain (mental)
How it is translated
Glosses given for makhov in context, with how often each is used:
- pain 9
- pains 5
- own pain 1
- like pain 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Lamentations | 3 | 1.9 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 2 | 0.7 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Isaiah 53 (2), Lamentations 1 (2), Exodus 3 (1), 2 Chronicles 6 (1), Job 33 (1), Psalms 32 (1), Psalms 38 (1), Psalms 69 (1), Ecclesiastes 1 (1), Ecclesiastes 2 (1)
Forms
- מכאוב 3
- מכאבי 2
- מכאביו 1
- ומכאבו 1
- במכאוב 1
- מכאובים 1
- ומכאובי 1
- מכאבים 1
- מכאבות 1
- ומכאבינו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with makhov more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- רֹב rov “abundance” 3
- חֳלִי choli “sickness” 2
- כַּעַס kaas “vexation” 2
- חָשַׁב chashav “to devise” 2
- יָדַע yada “to know” 3
- יָסַף yasaph “to add” 2
- רָאָה raah “to see” 3
- נָא na “please” 2
- רַב rav “many” 2
- נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 2
- נִי ni “me” 2
- זֶה zeh “this” 2
Key verses
The verses using makhov that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 3:7 — And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their…
- Job 33:19 — He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong
- Psalms 32:10 — Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
- Psalms 69:26 — For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
- Ecclesiastes 2:23 — For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
- Isaiah 53:3 — He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him…
- Isaiah 53:4 — Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
- Jeremiah 30:15 — Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things…
- Jeremiah 45:3 — Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
- Jeremiah 51:8 — Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
- Lamentations 1:12 — Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted…
- Lamentations 1:18 — The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone…
See all 15 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.