ʻâtsab — H6087

H6087 · Hebrew — עצב

Pronunciation: aw-tsab'

Definition

verb

properly, to carve, i.e. fabricate or fashion; hence (in a bad sense) to worry, pain or anger

  1. to hurt, pain, grieve, displease, vex, wrest
    1. (Qal) to hurt, pain
    2. (Niphal) to be in pain, be pained, be grieved
    3. (Piel) to vex, torture
    4. (Hiphil) to cause pain
    5. (Hithpael) to feel grieved, be vexed
  2. to shape, fashion, make, form, stretch into shape, (TWOT) worship
    1. (Piel) to shape, form
    2. (Hiphil) to form, copy, fashion

Usually translated as

grieve, hurt, be sorry, worship, wrest, displease, make, vex

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʻâtsab occurs 17 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), 1 Samuel (2), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (2), Job (1), Psalms (2), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (1)