כָּאַב
kâʼab · kaw-ab'
properly, to feel pain; by implication, to grieve; figuratively, to spoil
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to feel pain; by implication, to grieve; figuratively, to spoil
- properly, to feel pain
- by implication, to grieve
- figuratively, to spoil
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: grieving, mar, have pain, make sad (sore), (be) sorrowful.
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › strength, the leader › the house, what is within
The open hand that covers of strength, the leader of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּאַב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- when they were sore1 · 13%
- and mar1 · 13%
- for he maketh sore1 · 13%
- upon him shall have pain1 · 13%
- and sorrowful1 · 13%
- is sorrowful1 · 13%
- whom i have not made sad1 · 13%
- nor any grieving1 · 13%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.