Lexicon :: Strong's H3510 - kā'aḇ

כָּאַב

Transliteration

kā'aḇ

Pronunciation

kaw-ab'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

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Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

כָּאַב kâʼab, kaw-ab'; a primitive root; properly, to feel pain; by implication, to grieve; figuratively, to spoil:—grieving, mar, have pain, make sad (sore), (be) sorrowful.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H3510 in the following manner: sorrowful (2x), sore (1x), have pain (1x), made sad (1x), mar (1x), make sore (1x), grieving (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H3510 in the following manner: sorrowful (2x), sore (1x), have pain (1x), made sad (1x), mar (1x), make sore (1x), grieving (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to be in pain, be sore, have pain, be sorrowful
1. (Qal)
  1. to be in pain (physical)
  2. to be in pain (mental)
2. (Hiphil)
  1. to cause pain, hurt, mar
  2. pain, mar (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

כָּאַב kâʼab, kaw-ab'; a primitive root; properly, to feel pain; by implication, to grieve; figuratively, to spoil:—grieving, mar, have pain, make sad (sore), (be) sorrowful.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H3510: Abbreviations

† כָּאַב verb be in pain (Aramaic כְּאֵב, id.; Arabic be sorrowful, sad; Assyrian in derivatives, ikkibu, pain Zim^{BP 67}, kêbtu, ruin Hpt in KAT^{2Glossary i}.) —
Qal Imperfect יִכְאָבֿ Proverbs 14:13; יִכְאָ֑ב Job 14:22; Participle כּוֺאֵב Psalm 69:30; כֹּאֲבִים Genesis 34:25; —

1. be in pain, physical Genesis 34:25 (J, as result of circumcision); Job 14:22 (subject בָּשָׂר; poetic of body in grave || נַפְשׁוֺ תֶּאֱבָ֑ל).

2. of mental pain Proverbs 14:13 (subject לֵב; probably also Psalm 69:30 (|| עָנִי).

Hiph. Perfect 1st person singular suffix הִכְאַבְתִּיו Ezekiel 13:22; 2nd person feminine plural הִכְאַבְתֶּן Ezekiel 13:22 Co (MT הַכְאוֺת see כָּאָה); Imperfect יַכְאִיב Job 5:18; תַּכְאִ֫בוּ 2 Kings 3:19; Participle מַכְאִב Ezekiel 28:24; — pain, mar;

1. of enemies of Israel under figure of thorn causing pain (no object expressed) קוֺץ מַכ׳ Ezekiel 28:24 (|| מַמְאִיר סִלּוֺן); of שַׁדַּי, no object expressed, Job 5:18 (opposed to חָבַשׁ, || מָחַץ.

2. of mental pain, object לֵב, Ezekiel 13:22 (subject false prophetesses, see above); compare Ezekiel 13:22 (subject י׳).

3. (si vera lectio) of marring good land with stones 2 Kings 3:19, άχρειώσετε (Klo תְּאַבְּדוּ).