Makʼôb — H4341

H4341 · Hebrew — מכאב

Pronunciation: mak-obe'

Definition

masculine noun

anguish or (figuratively) affliction

  1. pain, sorrow
    1. pain (physical)
    2. pain (mental)

Usually translated as

sorrow, grief, pain

Origin

sometimes makʼôwb; also (feminine Isaiah 53:3) makʼôbâh; from H3510

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Makʼôb occurs 16 times in 15 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Job (1), Psalms (3), Ecclesiastes (2), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (3), Lamentations (2)

Strong's Lexicon — M