Strong's Hebrew · H5889
עָיֵף
ʻâyêph · aw-yafe'
Definitionlanguid
Derivationfrom H5888 (עָיֵף);
KJV usagefaint, thirsty, weary.
Occurrences17 in the KJV · 17 verses
עָיֵף in Scripture
Genesis 25:29
And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
Genesis 25:30
And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage ; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
Deuteronomy 25:18
How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.
Judges 8:4
And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them .
Judges 8:5
And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
2 Samuel 16:14
And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
2 Samuel 17:29
And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
Job 22:7
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
Psalms 63:1
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
Psalms 143:6
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Proverbs 25:25
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Isaiah 5:27
None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:
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