Lahah לָהַה
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| לָהַה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | lahah |
| Strong's number | H3856 (H3856A, H3856B) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to languish |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (1) |
Lahah (Hebrew לָהַה, Strong's H3856) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to languish”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H3856A: to languish
(Qal) to languish, faint
H3856B: to amaze
1) to amaze, startle
1a) (Hithpalpel) madman (subst)
1a) (Hithpalpel) madman (subst)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | fainted (1), mad (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | had been exhausted (1), like a madman (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Lahah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 47:13And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 26:18As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
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).