Weariness
יְגִעָהStrong’s H3024yegiah (ye-gi-ah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Yegiah is the Hebrew word usually translated “weariness of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.”
Meaning
- A wearing, a tiring
How it's translated
- weariness of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ecclesiastes 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
יְגִעָה yegiah · weariness
a wearing, a tiring
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “weariness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WEARINESS, noun
[from weary.]
- The state of being weary or tired; that lassitude or exhaustion of strength which is induced by labor; fatigue.
- Lassitude; uneasiness proceeding from continued waiting, disappointed expectation or exhausted patience, or from other cause.
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.