כְּאֵבkᵉʼêb
pain, mental and physical (Job 2:13; Isaiah 17:11; Isaiah 65:14; Job 16:6; Psalms 39:3)
Pronunciation: keh-abe' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3511
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Job 2:13 Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and nights. No one said a word to Job, for they saw that his suffering was too great for words.
- Job 16:6 Instead, I suffer if I defend myself, and I suffer no less if I refuse to speak.
- Psalms 39:2 But as I stood there in silence— not even speaking of good things— the turmoil within me grew worse.
- Isaiah 17:11 They may sprout on the day you set them out; yes, they may blossom on the very morning you plant them, but you will never pick any grapes from them. Your only harvest will be a load of grief and unrelieved pain.
- Isaiah 65:14 My servants will sing for joy, but you will cry in sorrow and despair.
- Jeremiah 15:18 Why then does my suffering continue? Why is my wound so incurable? Your help seems as uncertain as a seasonal brook, like a spring that has gone dry.”
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).