כְּאֵב
ke.ev (H3511)
pain
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word "כְּאֵב" (ke.ev) with a Strong's number of H3511 is defined as "pain." It falls under the semantic domain of "Body & Health," which suggests its primary usage relates to physical or emotional suffering. This word appears six times in the Hebrew Bible. Given its definition and domain, the range of usage for "כְּאב" seems to encompass various forms of discomfort or distress, possibly including both physical aches and emotional anguish. Its limited occurrences in the Bible may indicate that it's used to convey a specific intensity or type of pain, but without further context, its precise range of usage remains somewhat ambiguous. As a word for "pain," "כְּאב" may hold significance in understanding the emotional and physical experiences of the people in the Hebrew Bible. Its definition and frequency of appearance invite exploration into how ancient Hebrew speakers and writers conceptualized and addressed pain in their daily lives and cultural context.
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So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
“Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?
I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.
In the day of your planting, you hedge it in. In the morning, you make your seed blossom, but the harvest flees away in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
Behold, my servants will sing for joy of heart, but you will cry for sorrow of heart, and will wail for anguish of spirit.
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?