Keev כְּאֵב
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| כְּאֵב | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | keev |
| Strong's number | H3511 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | pain |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (2) |
Keev (Hebrew כְּאֵב, Strong's H3511) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “pain”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
pain (mental and physical), sorrow
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | sorrow (3), grief (2), pain (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | my pain (2), his suffering (1), my sorrow (1), pain (1), heavy (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Keev, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 2:13So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
- Job 16:6Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
Psalms
- Psalm 39:2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 17:11In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout— yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.
- Isaiah 65:14Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 15:18Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me— water that is not there.
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).