כְּאֵב
kᵉʼêb · keh-abe'
suffering (physical or mental), adversity
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3510 (כָּאַב);
suffering (physical or mental), adversity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: grief, pain, sorrow.
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 כְּאֵב 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- that his grief1 · 17%
- my grief1 · 17%
- and my sorrow1 · 17%
- sorrow1 · 17%
- for sorrow1 · 17%
- why is my pain1 · 17%
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.