Word Study · Strong's H4341 · Hebrew
מַכְאֹב
makob
mak-obe'
Strong's 1890 spelling: makʼôb
“anguish or (figuratively) affliction”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
anguish or (figuratively) affliction
Rendered in the KJV as
grief, pain, sorrow.
- 16occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 16inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 16 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 16
- בְּ֭מַכְאוֹב1
- וּמַכְאֹב֔וֹ1
- וּמַכְאֹבֵ֖ינוּ1
- וּמַכְאוֹבִ֖י1
- כְּמַכְאֹבִ֔י1
- לְמַכְאוֹבָ֔הּ1
- מַכְאֹב֖וֹת1
- מַכְאֹבִ֑י1
- מַכְאֹבִ֔י1
- מַכְאֹבָֽיו׃1
- מַכְאֹבִ֗ים1
- מַכְאֹבֵ֑ךְ1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 14
- pain my2
- pains2
- [are] pains1
- [is] pain1
- [the] pain of1
- and own pain his1
- and pain my1
- and pains our1
- for pain its1
- like pain my1
- pain1
- pain your1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 13
- noun · masculine plural2
- noun · masculine singular2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- noun · feminine plural1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 2
- HNcmsa · 2
- HNcmsc/Sp1bs · 2
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp1bp · 1
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp1bs · 1
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HNcfpa · 1
- HNcmpc/Sp3ms · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp2fs · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
- HR/Ncmsc/Sp1bs · 1
All 16, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Psalms3 of 16 · 19%
- Jeremiah3 of 16 · 19%
- Lamentations3 of 16 · 19%
- Ecclesiastes2 of 16 · 13%
- Isaiah2 of 16 · 13%
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Psalms3 occurrences
- Psalms 32:10מַכְאוֹבִ֗יםmakhovimnoun · masculine pluralMany are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.here: pains
- Psalms 38:17וּמַכְאוֹבִ֖יumakhoviconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularFor I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.here: and pain my
- Psalms 69:26מַכְא֖וֹבmakhovnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.here: [the] pain of
Ecclesiastes2 occurrences
- Ecclesiastes 1:18מַכְאֽוֹב׃makhovnoun · masculine singularFor with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.here: pain
- Ecclesiastes 2:23מַכְאֹבִ֗יםmakhovimnoun · masculine pluralIndeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.here: [are] pains
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 53:3מַכְאֹב֖וֹתmakhovotnoun · feminine pluralHe was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.here: pains
- Isaiah 53:4וּמַכְאֹבֵ֖ינוּumakhoveinuconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralSurely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.here: and pains our
Jeremiah3 occurrences
- Jeremiah 30:15מַכְאֹבֵ֑ךְmakhovekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularWhy do you cry out over your wound? Your pain has no cure! Because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins I have done these things to you.here: pain your
- Jeremiah 45:3מַכְאֹבִ֑יmakhovinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularYou have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’”here: pain my
- Jeremiah 51:8לְמַכְאוֹבָ֔הּlemakhovahpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularSuddenly Babylon has fallen and been shattered. Wail for her; get her balm for her pain; perhaps she can be healed.here: for pain its
Lamentations3 occurrences
- Lamentations 1:12מַכְאוֹב֙makhovnoun · masculine singularIs this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?here: [is] pain
- Lamentations 1:12כְּמַכְאֹבִ֔יkemakhovipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularIs this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day of His fierce anger?here: like pain my
- Lamentations 1:18מַכְאֹבִ֔יmakhovinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularThe LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.here: pain my