שִׂיחַ siach
Hebrew word for “complaint” · Strong’s H7879 · used 14 times in 14 verses
Meaning
1) meditation, complaint, musing; 1a) plaint, complaint; 1b) following are uncertain; 1b1) musing; 1b2) anxiety, trouble; 1b3) talk
How it is translated
Glosses given for siach in context, with how often each is used:
- complaint 11
- musing 1
- talk 1
- meditation 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
1 Samuel 1 (1), 1 Kings 18 (1), 2 Kings 9 (1), Job 7 (1), Job 9 (1), Job 10 (1), Job 21 (1), Job 23 (1), Psalms 55 (1), Psalms 64 (1)
Forms
- שׂיחי 6
- בשׂיחי 3
- שׂיח 2
- שׂיחו 2
- שׂחי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with siach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מַדּוּעַ maddua “why?” 2
- שָׁפַךְ shaphakh “to pour” 2
- עָזַב azav “to leave” 2
- אָנֹכִי anokhi “I” 2
- קוֹל qol “voice” 2
- חַי chay “alive” 2
- אִם im “if” 2
- דָבַר davar “to speak” 2
- שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 2
Key verses
The verses using siach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Samuel 1:16 — Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
- 1 Kings 18:27 — And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or…
- 2 Kings 9:11 — Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know…
- Job 10:1 — My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 21:4 — As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
- Job 23:2 — Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
- Psalms 55:2 — Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
- Psalms 64:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
- Psalms 102:1 — [A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the LORD.] Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
- Psalms 104:34 — My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
- Psalms 142:2 — I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
- Proverbs 23:29 — Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
See all 14 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.