Strong's Hebrew · H3511
כְּאֵב
kᵉʼêb · keh-abe'
Definitionsuffering (physical or mental), adversity
Derivationfrom H3510 (כָּאַב);
KJV usagegrief, pain, sorrow.
Occurrences6 in the KJV · 6 verses
כְּאֵב in Scripture
Job 2:13
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
Job 16:6
Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
Psalms 39:2
I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
Isaiah 17:11
In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
Isaiah 65:14
Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
Jeremiah 15:18
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?