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יָגַע H3021

H3021 is the Hebrew word יָגַע, transliterated yâgaʻ and said yaw-gah'. The King James Version most often renders it labour.

Word: יָגַעTransliteration: yâgaʻSaid: yaw-gah'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 24 verses

What it means

properly, to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 23 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

labour 7×weary 5×hast laboured 2×why then labour 1×wearieth 1×neither is weary 1×hast been weary 1×nor wearied 1×hast wearied 1×laboured 1×art wearied 1×fainted 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: faint, (make to) labour, (be) weary.

Verses using יָגַע

All 24 verses, quoted in full.

Joshua 7:3 · KJV

And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.

Joshua 24:13 · KJV

And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

2 Samuel 23:10 · KJV

He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.

Job 9:29 · KJV

If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

Psalm 6:6 · KJV

I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

Psalm 69:3 · KJV

I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Proverbs 23:4 · KJV

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Ecclesiastes 10:15 · KJV

The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

Isaiah 40:28 · KJV

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

Isaiah 40:30 · KJV

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

Isaiah 40:31 · KJV

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 43:22 · KJV

But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

Isaiah 43:23 · KJV

Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.

Isaiah 43:24 · KJV

Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

Isaiah 47:12 · KJV

Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

Isaiah 47:15 · KJV

Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

Isaiah 49:4 · KJV

Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

Isaiah 57:10 · KJV

Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.

Isaiah 65:23 · KJV

They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

Jeremiah 45:3 · KJV

Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

Jeremiah 51:58 · KJV

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.

Lamentations 5:5 · KJV

Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

Habakkuk 2:13 · KJV

Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

Malachi 2:17 · KJV

Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

Common questions

What does Strong's H3021 mean?

H3021 is the Hebrew word יָגַע (yâgaʻ), meaning properly, to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil.

How is H3021 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it labour (7 times), weary (5 times), hast laboured (2 times), why then labour (1 time), wearieth (1 time), among others.

How many times does H3021 appear in the Bible?

יָגַע (yâgaʻ) is tagged in 24 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H3021 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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