Sorrow
דְּאָבוֹןStrong’s H1671deavon (de-a-von)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Deavon is the Hebrew word usually translated “despair of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:”
Meaning
- Fainting, pining, languishing, faintness
How it's translated
- and despair of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
דְּאָבוֹן deavon · sorrow
fainting, pining, languishing, faintness
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sorrow” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SOR'ROW, noun
The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good. or of frustrated hopes of good, or expected loss of happiness; to grieve; to be sad. I rejoice not that ye were made sorry, but the ye sorrowed to repentance. I Cor. 7. Sorrowing most of all for the words which be spoke, that they should see his face no more.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.