5889. ayeph

Lexicon

ayeph: Weary, exhausted, faint

Original Word: עָיֵף
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: `ayeph
Pronunciation: ah-yafe
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-yafe')
KJV: faint, thirsty, weary
NASB: weary, faint, famished, parched
Word Origin: [from H5888 (עָיֵף - weary)]

1. languid

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

faint, thirsty, weary

From ayeph; languid -- faint, thirsty, weary.

see HEBREW ayeph

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from iph
Definition
faint, weary
NASB Translation
faint (2), famished (2), parched (2), weary (11).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עָיֵף adjective faint, weary; — ׳ע absolute Genesis 25:29 +; feminine עֲיֵפָה Jeremiah 31:25 +; plural עֲיֵפִים Judges 8:4 +; — from exertion and hunger Genesis 25:20,30 (J), Judges 8:4,5; Deuteronomy 25:18 (+ יָגֵעַ), compare Isaiah 5:27, ׳הָנִיחוּ לֶע Isaiah 28:12 (figurative), 2 Samuel 16:14 (si vera lectio, proper name, of a location needed, compare We Dr HPS); + רָעֵב, צָמֵא 2 Samuel 17:29; specifically from thirst Isaiah 29:8 (simile), Job 22:7, ׳נֶפֶשׁ ע Proverbs 25:25 and (figurative) Jeremiah 31:25 ("" דָּֽאֲבָה); hence אֶרֶץ צִיָּה וְעָיֵף Psalm 63:2 (figurative, on masculine see Kö^{Synt. § 334 f.}), compare Psalm 143:6 (simile), Isaiah 32:2 (opposed to צֵל, in simile); ׳ע that is beast Isaiah 46:1 — See also foregoing.

I. עִיר see below I. עור.

Forms and Transliterations

וְעָיֵ֣ף וְעָיֵ֥ף ועיף לֶֽעָיֵ֔ף לַעֲיֵפָֽה׃ לעיף לעיפה׃ עֲיֵפִ֑ים עֲיֵפִ֖ים עֲיֵפִ֣ים עֲיֵפָ֑ה עֲיֵפָ֖ה עֲיֵפָֽה׃ עָיֵ֔ף עָיֵ֖ף עָיֵ֣ף עָיֵ֤ף עָיֵֽף׃ עיף עיף׃ עיפה עיפה׃ עיפים ‘ă·yê·p̄āh ‘ă·yê·p̄îm ‘ā·yêp̄ ‘āyêp̄ ‘ăyêp̄āh ‘ăyêp̄îm aYef ayeFah ayeFim la‘ăyêp̄āh la·‘ă·yê·p̄āh laayeFah le‘āyêp̄ le·‘ā·yêp̄ leaYef veaYef wə‘āyêp̄ wə·‘ā·yêp̄

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 25:29
HEB: הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה וְה֥וּא עָיֵֽף׃
NAS: in from the field and he was famished;
KJV: from the field, and he [was] faint:
INT: the field and he was famished

Genesis 25:30
HEB: הַזֶּ֔ה כִּ֥י עָיֵ֖ף אָנֹ֑כִי עַל־
NAS: stuff there, for I am famished. Therefore
KJV: red [pottage]; for I [am] faint: therefore was his name
INT: he for I am famished I and

Deuteronomy 25:18
HEB: אַֽחַרֶ֔יךָ וְאַתָּ֖ה עָיֵ֣ף וְיָגֵ֑עַ וְלֹ֥א
NAS: at your rear when you were faint and weary;
KJV: behind thee, when thou [wast] faint and weary;
INT: your rear you were faint and weary and he

Judges 8:4
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֔וֹ עֲיֵפִ֖ים וְרֹדְפִֽים׃
NAS: [and] crossed over, weary yet pursuing.
KJV: men that [were] with him, faint, yet pursuing
INT: who for weary pursuing

Judges 8:5
HEB: בְּרַגְלָ֑י כִּי־ עֲיֵפִ֣ים הֵ֔ם וְאָנֹכִ֗י
NAS: are following me, for they are weary, and I am pursuing
KJV: that follow me; for they [be] faint, and I am pursuing
INT: are following for are weary like and I

2 Samuel 16:14
HEB: אֲשֶׁר־ אִתּ֖וֹ עֲיֵפִ֑ים וַיִּנָּפֵ֖שׁ שָֽׁם׃
NAS: were with him arrived weary and he refreshed
KJV: that [were] with him, came weary, and refreshed
INT: who for weary refreshed there

2 Samuel 17:29
HEB: הָעָ֗ם רָעֵ֛ב וְעָיֵ֥ף וְצָמֵ֖א בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃
NAS: are hungry and weary and thirsty
KJV: [is] hungry, and weary, and thirsty,
INT: the people are hungry and weary and thirsty the wilderness

Job 22:7
HEB: לֹא־ מַ֭יִם עָיֵ֣ף תַּשְׁקֶ֑ה וּ֝מֵרָעֵ֗ב
NAS: To the weary you have given no
KJV: Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink,
INT: no water to the weary have given famish

Psalm 63:1
HEB: בְּאֶֽרֶץ־ צִיָּ֖ה וְעָיֵ֣ף בְּלִי־ מָֽיִם׃
NAS: for You, In a dry and weary land
KJV: for thee in a dry and thirsty land,
INT: land A dry and weary is no water

Psalm 143:6
HEB: נַפְשִׁ֓י ׀ כְּאֶֽרֶץ־ עֲיֵפָ֖ה לְךָ֣ סֶֽלָה׃
NAS: to You; My soul [longs] for You, as a parched land.
KJV: unto thee: my soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a thirsty land.
INT: my soul land A parched Selah

Proverbs 25:25
HEB: עַל־ נֶ֣פֶשׁ עֲיֵפָ֑ה וּשְׁמוּעָ֥ה ט֝וֹבָ֗ה
NAS: water to a weary soul,
KJV: waters to a thirsty soul,
INT: and soul to a weary news is good

Isaiah 5:27
HEB: אֵין־ עָיֵ֤ף וְאֵין־ כּוֹשֵׁל֙
NAS: one in it is weary or stumbles,
KJV: None shall be weary nor stumble
INT: No is weary one stumbles

Isaiah 28:12
HEB: הַמְּנוּחָה֙ הָנִ֣יחוּ לֶֽעָיֵ֔ף וְזֹ֖את הַמַּרְגֵּעָ֑ה
NAS: give rest to the weary, And, Here
KJV: This [is] the rest [wherewith] ye may cause the weary to rest;
INT: is rest give to the weary likewise is repose

Isaiah 29:8
HEB: וְהֵקִיץ֙ וְהִנֵּ֣ה עָיֵ֔ף וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹ שׁוֹקֵקָ֑ה
NAS: behold, he is faint And his thirst
KJV: but he awaketh, and, behold, [he is] faint, and his soul
INT: awaketh behold is faint and his thirst quenched

Isaiah 32:2
HEB: כָּבֵ֖ד בְּאֶ֥רֶץ עֲיֵפָֽה׃
NAS: of a huge rock in a parched land.
KJV: of a great rock in a weary land.
INT: of a huge land A parched

Isaiah 46:1
HEB: עֲמוּס֔וֹת מַשָּׂ֖א לַעֲיֵפָֽה׃
NAS: A load for the weary [beast].
KJV: [they are] a burden to the weary [beast].
INT: are burdensome A load the weary

Jeremiah 31:25
HEB: הִרְוֵ֖יתִי נֶ֣פֶשׁ עֲיֵפָ֑ה וְכָל־ נֶ֥פֶשׁ
NAS: For I satisfy the weary ones
KJV: For I have satiated the weary soul,
INT: satisfy ones the weary everyone ones

17 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5889
17 Occurrences

‘ā·yêp̄ — 6 Occ.
‘ă·yê·p̄āh — 4 Occ.
‘ă·yê·p̄îm — 3 Occ.
la·‘ă·yê·p̄āh — 1 Occ.
le·‘ā·yêp̄ — 1 Occ.
wə·‘ā·yêp̄ — 2 Occ.