What does כְּאֵב (kĕʾēb) mean in the Bible?
כְּאֵב (kĕʾēb): Encompasses both physical pain and deep emotional anguish; signifies suffering as a totality of human distress
Hebrew · H3511
כְּאֵב
Suffering (physical or mental), adversity
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כְּאֵב H3511
Pronunciation kĕʾēb
What does כְּאֵב (kĕʾēb) mean in the Bible?
כְּאֵב (kĕʾēb): Encompasses both physical pain and deep emotional anguish; signifies suffering as a totality of human distress
Full entry for כְּאֵב (H3511) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3511?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include my pain (2), and my sorrow (1), his suffering (1), pain (1), with a heavy (1).
Where does כְּאֵב (kĕʾēb) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Job 2:13. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (2), Job (2), Jeremiah (1), Psalms (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It my pain 2× Job 16:6, Jeremiah 15:18
and my sorrow 1× Psalms 39:2
his suffering 1× Job 2:13
pain 1× Isaiah 17:11
with a heavy 1× Isaiah 65:14
Show sample aligned rows
Job 2:13 הַכְּאֵ֖ב to his suffering Article | Noun - masculine singular Job 16:6 כְּאֵבִ֑י to my pain Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Psalms 39:2 וּכְאֵבִ֥י to and my sorrow Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Isaiah 17:11 וּכְאֵ֥ב to pain Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Isaiah 65:14 מִכְּאֵ֣ב to with a heavy Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Jeremiah 15:18 כְאֵבִי֙ to my pain Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Job 2:13
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 4
Job 2 Psalms 1 Isaiah 2 Jeremiah 1
Source forms
הַכְּאֵ֖ב 1x hak·kə·’êḇ Job 2:13
וּכְאֵ֥ב 1x ū·ḵə·’êḇ Isaiah 17:11
וּכְאֵבִ֥י 1x ū·ḵə·’ê·ḇî Psalms 39:2
כְאֵבִי֙ 1x ḵə·’ê·ḇî Jeremiah 15:18
כְּאֵבִ֑י 1x kə·’ê·ḇî Job 16:6
מִכְּאֵ֣ב 1x mik·kə·’êḇ Isaiah 65:14
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular 2x Job 16:6, Jeremiah 15:18
Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Job 2:13
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 1x Isaiah 17:11
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular 1x Psalms 39:2
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Isaiah 65:14
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Encompasses both physical pain and deep emotional anguish; signifies suffering as a totality of human distress
Source Gloss
suffering (physical or mental), adversity
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Encompasses both physical pain and deep emotional anguish; signifies suffering as a totality of human distress
suffering (physical or mental), adversity BDB: pain Usage: grief, pain, sorrow.
Word Origins
כְּאֵב is built from this root:
כָּאַב H3510
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain