כָּאַבkâʼab
be in pain
Pronunciation: kaw-ab' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3510
Meanings
Qal
1. be in pain, physical (Genesis 34:25; Job 14:22)
2. of mental pain (Proverbs 14:13; Psalms 69:30)
Hiph`il: pain, mar (Ezekiel 13:22; Job 5:18; 2 Kings 3:19)
1. of enemies of Israel under figure of thorn causing pain (no object expressed) (Ezekiel 28:24; Job 5:18)
2. of mental pain, object לֵב (Ezekiel 13:22)
3. of marring good land with stones (2 Kings 3:19)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 34:25 But three days later, when their wounds were still sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, who were Dinah’s full brothers, took their swords and entered the town without opposition. Then they slaughtered every male there,
- 2 Kings 3:19 You will conquer the best of their towns, even the fortified ones. You will cut down all their good trees, stop up all their springs, and ruin all their good land with stones.”
- Job 5:18 For though he wounds, he also bandages. He strikes, but his hands also heal.
- Job 14:22 They suffer painfully; their life is full of trouble.”
- Psalms 69:29 I am suffering and in pain. Rescue me, O God, by your saving power.
- Proverbs 14:13 Laughter can conceal a heavy heart, but when the laughter ends, the grief remains.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).