1741. devay

Lexicon

devay: Sickness, sorrow

Original Word: דְּוַי
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: dvay
Pronunciation: deh-vah'-ee
Phonetic Spelling: (dev-ah'ee)
Definition: Sickness, sorrow
Meaning: sickness, loathing

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

languishing, sorrowful

From daveh; sickness; figuratively, loathing -- languishing, sorrowful.

see HEBREW daveh

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from davah
Definition
illness
NASB Translation
loathsome (1), sickbed* (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

דְּוַי noun [masculine] illness, עֶרֶשׂ דְּוָי֑ Psalm 41:4 bed of languishing (Che); singular construct (Ew De Di) הֵמָּה כִּדְוֵי לַחְמִי Job 6:7 they (i.e. my sufferings) are like disease (VB loathsomeness) in my meat, compare Di; but text dubious

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root דָּוָה (dawah), which means to be sick or to be weak.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • While there is no direct one-to-one correspondence between Hebrew and Greek terms in Strong's Concordance, the concept of sickness or loathing in the Greek New Testament can be related to terms such as νόσος (nosos, Strong's Greek 3554), which means disease or sickness, and ἀσθένεια (astheneia, Strong's Greek 769), meaning weakness or infirmity. These Greek terms capture similar themes of physical and metaphorical distress as דְּוַי (deway) does in the Hebrew Bible.

Usage: The word דְּוַי (deway) is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe conditions of sickness or feelings of loathing. It appears in contexts where physical illness or a metaphorical sense of revulsion is being expressed.

Context: • דְּוַי (deway) is a noun masculine in Biblical Hebrew, appearing in contexts that describe both literal and figurative states of sickness or loathing. The term is used to convey a profound sense of discomfort or aversion, often linked to physical ailments or emotional turmoil.
• In the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), דְּוַי (deway) is translated in a manner that reflects its dual connotation of sickness and loathing. For example, in Deuteronomy 28:59, the term is part of a description of the curses that will befall Israel for disobedience, emphasizing severe and prolonged afflictions: "The LORD will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses."
• The usage of דְּוַי (deway) in the Hebrew Bible underscores the severity of the conditions it describes, whether they are physical maladies or metaphorical expressions of deep-seated aversion or disgust.

Forms and Transliterations

דְּוָ֑י דוי כִּדְוֵ֥י כדוי də·wāy deVai dəwāy kiḏ·wê kidVei kiḏwê

Englishman's Concordance

Job 6:7
HEB: נַפְשִׁ֑י הֵ֝֗מָּה כִּדְוֵ֥י לַחְמִֽי׃
NAS: to touch [them]; They are like loathsome food
KJV: to touch [are] as my sorrowful meat.
INT: my soul are like loathsome food

Psalm 41:3
HEB: עַל־ עֶ֣רֶשׂ דְּוָ֑י כָּל־ מִ֝שְׁכָּב֗וֹ
NAS: will sustain him upon his sickbed; In his illness,
KJV: him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make
INT: upon the bed of languishing all his bed

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1741
2 Occurrences

də·wāy — 1 Occ.
kiḏ·wê — 1 Occ.