# H5889 עָיֵף

עָיֵף (ʻâyêph), Strong’s H5889: languid KJV: faint, thirsty, weary.. Occurs 17 times.

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*ʻâyêph* — languid

KJV: faint, thirsty, weary.

Derived from [עָיֵף ʻâyêph](https://besorah.bible/word/H5888) (to languish)

Occurs 17 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עָיֵף adj. faint, weary

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 25:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/25?v=29) — Jacob boiled stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.
- [Genesis 25:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/25?v=30) — Esau said to Jacob, “Please feed me with some of that red stew, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom.
- [Deuteronomy 25:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/25?v=18) — how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and…
- [Judges 8:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/8?v=4) — Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
- [Judges 8:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/8?v=5) — He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am…
- [2 Samuel 16:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/16?v=14) — The king and all the people who were with him arrived weary; and he refreshed himself there.
- [2 Samuel 17:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/17?v=29) — honey, butter, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him to eat; for they said…
- [Isaiah 5:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/5?v=27) — No one shall be weary nor stumble among them; no one shall slumber nor sleep, neither shall the belt of their waist be…
- [Isaiah 28:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/28?v=12) — to whom he said, “This is the resting place. Give rest to the weary,” and “This is the refreshing;” yet they would not…
- [Isaiah 29:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/29?v=8) — It will be like when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his hunger isn’t satisfied; or like…