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עָיֵף H5889
H5889 is the Hebrew word עָיֵף, transliterated ʻâyêph and said aw-yafe'. The King James Version most often renders it weary.
What it means
languid.
Where it comes from
from H5888 (עָיֵף).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 15 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: faint, thirsty, weary.
Verses using עָיֵף
All 15 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 25:30 · KJV
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 · KJV
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 · KJV
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 · KJV
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 · KJV
And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
2 Samuel 17:29 · KJV
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 · KJV
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
Psalm 63:1 · KJV
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;
Psalm 143:6 · KJV
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Proverbs 25:25 · KJV
As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Isaiah 5:27 · KJV
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:
Isaiah 28:12 · KJV
To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
Isaiah 29:8 · KJV
It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
Isaiah 32:2 · KJV
And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Jeremiah 31:25 · KJV
For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
Common questions
What does Strong's H5889 mean?
H5889 is the Hebrew word עָיֵף (ʻâyêph), meaning languid.
How is H5889 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it weary (5 times), faint (2 times), thirsty (2 times), pottage for i am faint (1 time), wast faint (1 time), among others.
How many times does H5889 appear in the Bible?
עָיֵף (ʻâyêph) is tagged in 15 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5889 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H5888 (עָיֵף).
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