עָצַב atsav

Hebrew word for “to hurt” · Strong’s H6087 · used 17 times in 17 verses

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Meaning

1) to hurt, pain, grieve, displease, vex, wrest;

Senses in the lexicon

• to hurt (15)
• to shape (2)

How it is translated

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

• grieved 8
• pained 1
• indignant 1
• should be grieved 1
• had rebuked 1
• hurt 1
• twist 1
• will be hurt 1
• formed 1
• form image 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 20 (2), Nehemiah 8 (2), Genesis 6 (1), Genesis 34 (1), Genesis 45 (1), 2 Samuel 19 (1), 1 Kings 1 (1), 1 Chronicles 4 (1), Job 10 (1), Psalms 56 (1)

Forms

• תעצבו 3
• יעצב 2
• נעצב 2
• ויתעצב 1
• ויתעצבו 1
• עצבו 1
• עצבי 1
• יעצבו 1
• יעציבוהו 1
• ועצובת 1

Words used with it

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

• אַל al “not” 4
• הֶם hem “them” 4
• מָרָה marah “to rebel” 2
• יְהוֹנָתָן yehonatan “Jonathan” 2
• חָרָה charah “to be incensed” 2
• קָדוֹשׁ qadosh “holy” 2
• אָב av “father” 3
• מְאֹד meod “much” 2
• רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 2
• אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 2
• רַע ra “bad” 2
• קָרָא qara “to call” 2

Key verses

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

• Genesis 6:6 — And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
• Genesis 34:7 — And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying…
• Genesis 45:5 — Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
• 1 Samuel 20:3 — And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be…
• 1 Kings 1:6 — And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.
• 1 Chronicles 4:10 — And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou…
• Nehemiah 8:10 — Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our…
• Job 10:8 — Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
• Psalms 56:5 — Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
• Psalms 78:40 — How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
• Isaiah 54:6 — For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
• Isaiah 63:10 — But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

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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.