עָיֵף ayeph

Hebrew word for “faint” · Strong’s H5889 · used 17 times in 17 verses

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Meaning

faint, exhausted, weary

How it is translated

Glosses given for ayeph in context, with how often each is used:

• exhausted 7
• weary 7
• weary one 1
• faint 1
• weary animal 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 25 (2), Judges 8 (2), Deuteronomy 25 (1), 2 Samuel 16 (1), 2 Samuel 17 (1), Job 22 (1), Psalms 63 (1), Psalms 143 (1), Proverbs 25 (1), Isaiah 5 (1)

Forms

• עיף 6
• עיפה 4
• עיפים 3
• ועיף 2
• לעיף 1
• לעיפה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ayeph more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• רָעֵב raev “hungry” 3
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 5
• צָמֵא tsame “thirsty” 2
• מַי mayim “water” 4
• עֵשָׂו esav “Esau” 2
• ךָּ ka “you” 3
• רָדַף radaph “to pursue” 2
• אֵת et “with” 3
• מִדְבָּר midbar “wilderness” 2
• לֶחֶם lechem “food” 2
• יַעֲקֹב yaaqov “Jacob” 2
• אָנֹכִי anokhi “I” 2

Key verses

The verses using ayeph that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 25:30 — And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
• Judges 8:4 — And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
• 2 Samuel 17:29 — And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary,…
• Job 22:7 — Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
• Psalms 63:1 — [A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.] O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for…
• Psalms 143:6 — I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
• Proverbs 25:25 — As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
• Isaiah 5:27 — None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be…
• Isaiah 28:12 — To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
• Isaiah 32:2 — And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary…
• Isaiah 46:1 — Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
• Jeremiah 31:25 — For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.

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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.