What does עָיֵף mean in the Bible?
עָיֵף is a Hebrew word meaning "languid".
Hebrew · H5889
עָיֵף
Languid
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עָיֵף H5889
What does עָיֵף mean in the Bible?
עָיֵף is a Hebrew word meaning "languid".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H5889?
The BSB source-word alignment has 17 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include exhausted (3), and weary (2), a weary (1), are exhausted (1), faint (1).
Where does עָיֵף appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 25:29. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (5), 2 Samuel (2), Genesis (2), Judges (2).
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 exhausted 3× Judges 8:4, 2 Samuel 16:14, 2 Samuel 17:29
and weary 2× Deuteronomy 25:18, Psalms 63:1
a weary 1× Proverbs 25:25
are exhausted 1× Judges 8:5
faint 1× Isaiah 29:8
famished 1× Genesis 25:30
grows weary 1× Isaiah 5:27
in an arid 1× Isaiah 32:2
let the weary 1× Isaiah 28:12
the weary 1× Jeremiah 31:25
thirsts 1× Psalms 143:6
to the weary 1× Job 22:7
to the weary [animal] 1× Isaiah 46:1
was famished 1× Genesis 25:29
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Genesis 25:29 עָיֵֽף׃ to was famished Adjective - masculine singular Genesis 25:30 עָיֵ֖ף to famished Adjective - masculine singular Deuteronomy 25:18 עָיֵ֣ף to and weary Adjective - masculine singular Judges 8:4 עֲיֵפִ֖ים to exhausted Adjective - masculine plural Judges 8:5 עֲיֵפִ֣ים to are exhausted Adjective - masculine plural 2 Samuel 16:14 עֲיֵפִ֑ים to exhausted Adjective - masculine plural 2 Samuel 17:29 וְעָיֵ֥ף to exhausted Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular Job 22:7 עָיֵ֣ף to to the weary Adjective - masculine singular Psalms 63:1 וְעָיֵ֣ף to and weary Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular Psalms 143:6 עֲיֵפָ֖ה to thirsts Adjective - feminine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 25:29
Aligned rows 17
Books represented 9
Genesis 2 Deuteronomy 1 Judges 2 2 Samuel 2 Job 1 Psalms 2 Proverbs 1 Isaiah 5 Jeremiah 1
Source forms
עָיֵ֣ף 2x ‘ā·yêp̄ Deuteronomy 25:18, Job 22:7
עֲיֵפָ֑ה 2x ‘ă·yê·p̄āh Proverbs 25:25, Jeremiah 31:25
וְעָיֵ֥ף 1x wə·‘ā·yêp̄ 2 Samuel 17:29
וְעָיֵ֣ף 1x wə·‘ā·yêp̄ Psalms 63:1
לֶֽעָיֵ֔ף 1x le·‘ā·yêp̄ Isaiah 28:12
לַעֲיֵפָֽה׃ 1x la·‘ă·yê·p̄āh Isaiah 46:1
עָיֵ֖ף 1x ‘ā·yêp̄ Genesis 25:30
עָיֵ֤ף 1x ‘ā·yêp̄ Isaiah 5:27
Parsing patterns
Adjective - masculine singular 6x Genesis 25:29, Genesis 25:30, Deuteronomy 25:18, Job 22:7
Adjective - feminine singular 4x Psalms 143:6, Proverbs 25:25, Isaiah 32:2, Jeremiah 31:25
Adjective - masculine plural 3x Judges 8:4, Judges 8:5, 2 Samuel 16:14
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular 2x 2 Samuel 17:29, Psalms 63:1
Preposition-l | Adjective - feminine singular 1x Isaiah 46:1
Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular 1x Isaiah 28:12
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. languid
Source Gloss
languid
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
languid BDB: faint Usage: faint, thirsty, weary.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
עָיֵף is built from this root:
עָיֵף H5888
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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