עָצַב
ʻâtsab · aw-tsab'
properly, to carve, i.e. fabricate or fashion; hence (in a bad sense) to worry, pain or anger
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to carve, i.e. fabricate or fashion; hence (in a bad sense) to worry, pain or anger
- properly, to carve, i.e. fabricate or fashion
- hence, (in a bad sense) to worry, pain or anger
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: displease, grieve, hurt, make, be sorry, vex, worship, wrest.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- 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)
to see and know › to pursue the straight path › the house, what is within
To see and know that works to pursue the straight path of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָצַב 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and it grieved1 · 6%
- were grieved1 · 6%
- now therefore be not grieved1 · 6%
- this, lest he be grieved1 · 6%
- for he was grieved1 · 6%
- was grieved1 · 6%
- had not displeased1 · 6%
- that it may not grieve1 · 6%
- neither be ye sorry1 · 6%
- neither be ye grieved1 · 6%
- have made1 · 6%
- they wrest1 · 6%
- and grieve1 · 6%
- shall be hurt1 · 6%
- and grieved1 · 6%
- and vexed1 · 6%
- to worship1 · 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.