עָיֵףʻâyêph

faint, weary (Genesis 25:29; Jeremiah 31:25; Judges 8:4; Genesis 25:20; Genesis 25:30)

Pronunciation: aw-yafe' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5889

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 17 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 25:29 One day when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau arrived home from the wilderness exhausted and hungry.
  • Genesis 25:30 Esau said to Jacob, “I’m starved! Give me some of that red stew!” (This is how Esau got his other name, Edom, which means “red.”)
  • Deuteronomy 25:18 They attacked you when you were exhausted and weary, and they struck down those who were straggling behind. They had no fear of God.
  • Judges 8:4 Gideon then crossed the Jordan River with his 300 men, and though exhausted, they continued to chase the enemy.
  • Judges 8:5 When they reached Succoth, Gideon asked the leaders of the town, “Please give my warriors some food. They are very tired. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
  • 2 Samuel 16:14 The king and all who were with him grew weary along the way, so they rested when they reached the Jordan River.
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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).