Yaeph יָעֵף
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| יָעֵף | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | yaeph |
| Strong's number | H3287 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | weary |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (2) |
Yaeph (Hebrew יָעֵף, Strong's H3287) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “weary”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
faint, weary, fatigued
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | weary (2), faint (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | your weary (1), who become exhausted (1), faint (1), weary (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Yaeph, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Judges
- Judges 8:15And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?And Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your weary men?’”
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 16:2And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.“Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”
Isaiah
- Isaiah 40:29He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
- Isaiah 50:4The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).