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מַכְאֹב H4341
H4341 is the Hebrew word מַכְאֹב, transliterated makʼôb and said mak-obe'. The King James Version most often renders it sorrow.
What it means
anguish or (figuratively) affliction.
Where it comes from
sometimes מַכְאוֹב; also (feminine Isaiah 53:3) מַכְאֹבָה; from H3510 (כָּאַב).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 14 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: grief, pain, sorrow.
Verses using מַכְאֹב
All 13 verses, quoted in full.
2 Chronicles 6:29 · KJV
Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
Job 33:19 · KJV
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
Psalm 32:10 · KJV
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Psalm 38:17 · KJV
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
Psalm 69:26 · KJV
For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
Ecclesiastes 2:23 · KJV
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
Isaiah 53:3 · KJV
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Isaiah 53:4 · KJV
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Jeremiah 30:15 · KJV
Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
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 51:8 · KJV
Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
Lamentations 1:12 · KJV
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Lamentations 1:18 · KJV
The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
Common questions
What does Strong's H4341 mean?
H4341 is the Hebrew word מַכְאֹב (makʼôb), meaning anguish or (figuratively) affliction.
How is H4341 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it sorrow (5 times), sorrows (4 times), own grief (1 time), also with pain (1 time), grief (1 time), among others.
How many times does H4341 appear in the Bible?
מַכְאֹב (makʼôb) is tagged in 13 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H4341 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: sometimes מַכְאוֹב; also (feminine Isaiah 53:3) מַכְאֹבָה; from H3510 (כָּאַב).
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