# עָיֵף (ayef)

Israeli respelling: a-yef. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5889. 17 Old Testament occurrences.

languid

King James renderings: faint, thirsty, weary.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/ayef-h5889

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 25:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/25/29) — And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
- [Genesis 25:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/25/30) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/25/18) — 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 f…
- [Judges 8:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/8/4) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/8/5) — 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…
- [2 Samuel 16:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/16/14) — And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
- [2 Samuel 17:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/17/29) — 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 i…
- [Job 22:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/22/7) — Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
- [Psalms 63:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/63/1) — 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 w…
- [Psalms 143:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/143/6) — I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
- [Proverbs 25:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/25/25) — As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
- [Isaiah 5:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/5/27) — None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latche…
- [Isaiah 28:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/28/12) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/29/8) — 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 dr…
- [Isaiah 32:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/32/2) — 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 g…
- [Isaiah 46:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/46/1) — Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden…
- [Jeremiah 31:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/31/25) — For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.