Kâʼab — H3510

Definition

verb

properly, to feel pain; by implication, to grieve; figuratively, to spoil

1. to be in pain, be sore, have pain, be sorrowful
1. (Qal)
1. to be in pain (physical)
2. to be in pain (mental)
2. (Hiphil)
1. to cause pain, hurt, mar
2. pain, mar (participle)

Usually translated as

sorrowful, grieving, mar, have pain, make sad

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• achreióō (G889)
• diastréphō (G1294)
• pónos (G4192)

Occurrences

Kâʼab occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), 2 Kings (1), Job (2), Psalms (1), Proverbs (1), Ezekiel (2)

• Genesis 34:25 — And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore (כֹּֽאֲבִ֗ים), that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
• 2 Kings 3:19 — And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar (תַּכְאִ֖בוּ) every good piece of land with stones.
• Job 5:18 — For he maketh sore (יַכְאִ֣יב), and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
• Job 14:22 — But his flesh upon him shall have pain (יִכְאָ֑ב), and his soul within him shall mourn.
• Psalms 69:29 — But I am poor and sorrowful (וְכוֹאֵ֑ב): let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
• Proverbs 14:13 — Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful (יִכְאַב); and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
• Ezekiel 13:22 — Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad (הִכְאַבְתִּ֑יו); and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
• Ezekiel 28:24 — And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving (מַכְאִ֔ב) thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.