מַכְאֹב
makʼôb · mak-obe'
anguish or (figuratively) affliction
Lexicon
Derivation: sometimes מַכְאוֹב; also (feminine Isaiah 53:3) מַכְאֹבָה; from H3510 (כָּאַב);
anguish or (figuratively) affliction
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
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the open hand that covers › strength, the leader › the house, what is within
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the open hand that covers of strength, the leader of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַכְאֹב 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- their sorrows1 · 6%
- and his own grief1 · 6%
- also with pain1 · 6%
- sorrows1 · 6%
- and my sorrow1 · 6%
- to the grief1 · 6%
- sorrow1 · 6%
- are sorrows1 · 6%
- of sorrows1 · 6%
- our sorrows1 · 6%
- thy sorrow1 · 6%
- to my sorrow1 · 6%
- for her pain1 · 6%
- any sorrow1 · 6%
- like unto my sorrow1 · 6%
- my sorrow1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
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.