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Strong's numbers

לָאָה (H3811)

lâʼâh

law-aw'

a primitive root; to tire; (figuratively) to be (or make) disgusted; faint, grieve, lothe, (be, make) weary (selves).

Brown–Driver–Briggs

[לָאָה] vb. be weary, impatient
Qal be weary
Niph. be weary of doing a thing, make oneself weary in doing something, weary (i.e. strenuously exert) oneself
Hiph. weary, make weary, exhaust

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


18 occurrences

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  • Genesis 19:11
    And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
  • Exodus 7:18
    And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
  • Job 4:2
    If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
  • Job 4:5
    But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
  • Job 16:7
    But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
  • Psalms 68:9
    Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
  • Proverbs 26:15
    The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
  • Isaiah 1:14
    Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
  • Isaiah 7:13
    And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
  • Isaiah 16:12
    And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.