Word Study · Strong's H5889 · Hebrew
עָיֵף
ayeph
aw-yafe'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻâyêph
“languid”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
languid
Rendered in the KJV as
faint, thirsty, weary.
- 17occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 9 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 15inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 17 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 15
- עָיֵ֣ף2
- עֲיֵפָ֑ה2
- וְעָיֵ֣ף1
- וְעָיֵ֥ף1
- לֶֽעָיֵ֔ף1
- לַעֲיֵפָֽה׃1
- עָיֵ֖ף1
- עָיֵ֤ף1
- עָיֵ֔ף1
- עָיֵֽף׃1
- עֲיֵפָ֖ה1
- עֲיֵפָֽה׃1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 12
- [the] weary2
- [were] exhausted2
- and weary2
- exhausted2
- weary2
- [am] exhausted1
- [are] exhausted1
- [he is] faint1
- [is] a weary [one]1
- [was] exhausted1
- for a weary [animal]1
- to the weary1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- adjective · masculine singular6
- adjective · feminine singular4
- adjective · masculine plural3
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular2
- preposition + adjective · feminine singular1
- preposition with the article + adjective · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HAamsa · 6
- HAafsa · 4
- HAampa · 3
- HC/Aamsa · 2
- HR/Aafsa · 1
- HRd/Aamsa · 1
All 17, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Isaiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 25:29עָיֵֽף׃ʾayefadjective · masculine singularOne day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.here: [was] exhausted
- Genesis 25:30עָיֵ֖ףʾayefadjective · masculine singularHe said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)here: [am] exhausted
Deuteronomy1 occurrence
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 8:4עֲיֵפִ֖יםʾayefimadjective · masculine pluralThen Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.here: [were] exhausted
- Judges 8:5עֲיֵפִ֣יםʾayefimadjective · masculine pluralSo Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”here: [are] exhausted
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 16:14עֲיֵפִ֑יםʾayefimadjective · masculine pluralFinally, the king and all the people with him arrived, exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.here: exhausted
- 2 Samuel 17:29וְעָיֵ֥ףveayefconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singularhoney, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”here: and weary
Job1 occurrence
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 63:1וְעָיֵ֣ףveayefconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singularO God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.here: and weary
- Psalms 143:6עֲיֵפָ֖הʾayefahadjective · feminine singularI stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selahhere: exhausted
Proverbs1 occurrence
Isaiah5 occurrences
- Isaiah 5:27עָיֵ֤ףʾayefadjective · masculine singularNone of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.here: [is] a weary [one]
- Isaiah 28:12לֶֽעָיֵ֔ףleayefpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singularto whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.here: to the weary
- Isaiah 29:8עָיֵ֔ףʾayefadjective · masculine singularas when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.here: [he is] faint
- Isaiah 32:2עֲיֵפָֽה׃ʾayefahadjective · feminine singularEach will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.here: weary
- Isaiah 46:1לַעֲיֵפָֽה׃laayefahpreposition + adjective · feminine singularBel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.here: for a weary [animal]
Same headword in Strong's