Laah לָאָה

Laah (Hebrew לָאָה, Strong's H3811) is a Hebrew verb meaning “be weary”. It occurs 19 times in 18 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Laah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 19:11
  And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.

Exodus

• Exodus 7:18
  And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”

Job

• Job 4:2
  If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?“If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?
• Job 4:5
  But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.
• Job 16:7
  But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.

Psalms

• Psalm 68:9
  Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 26:15
  The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 1:14
  Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.
• Isaiah 7:13
  And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well?
• Isaiah 16:12
  And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.
• Isaiah 47:13
  Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.You are wearied by your many counselors; let them come forward now and save you— your astrologers who observe the stars, who monthly predict your fate.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 6:11
  Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.
• Jeremiah 9:5
  And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
• Jeremiah 12:5
  If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?
• Jeremiah 15:6
  Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.You have forsaken Me, declares the LORD. You have turned your back. So I will stretch out My hand against you and I will destroy you; I am weary of showing compassion.
• Jeremiah 20:9
  Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 24:12
  She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.

Micah

• Micah 6:3
  O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).