Atsav עָצַב

Atsav (Hebrew עָצַב, Strong's H6087) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to hurt”. It occurs 17 times in 17 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H6087A: to hurt

H6087B: to shape

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

Genesis

• Genesis 6:6
  And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
• Genesis 34:7
  And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
• Genesis 45:5
  Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.And now, do not be distressed or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 20:3
  And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
• 1 Samuel 20:34
  So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 19:2
  And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.And that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is grieving over his son.”

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 1:6
  And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 4:10
  And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 8:10
  Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
• Nehemiah 8:11
  So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.And the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, since today is holy. Do not grieve.”

Job

• Job 10:8
  Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?

Psalms

• Psalm 56:5
  Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
• Psalm 78:40
  How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 10:9
  Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.The one who quarries stones may be injured by them, and he who splits logs endangers himself.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 54:6
  For the Lord hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.
• Isaiah 63:10
  But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 44:19
  And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?“Moreover,” said the women, “when we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands’ knowledge that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”

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).