Be weary
לָאָהStrong’s H3811laah (la-ah)
Appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Laah is the Hebrew word usually translated “am weary”, “became weary” and “weary”. It appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- To be weary, be impatient, be grieved, be offended(Qal) to be weary, be impatient · (Niphal) to be tired of something, weary oneself · (Hiphil) to weary, make weary, exhaust
How it's translated
- i am weary 2
- and they became weary 1
- and they will be weary 1
- will you be impatient 1
- and you have become impatient 1
- he has made weary me 1
- weary 1
- he is weary 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 5
- Isaiah 4
- Job 3
- Genesis 1
- Exodus 1
- Psalms 1
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 7:18And 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 4:2If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
- Job 4:5But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
- Job 16:7But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
- Psalms 68:9Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
- Proverbs 26:15The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
Hebrew dictionary
לָאָה laah · be weary
1) to be weary, be impatient, be grieved, be offended 1a) (Qal) to be weary, be impatient 1b) (Niphal) to be tired of something, weary oneself 1c) (Hiphil) to weary, make weary, exhaust
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “weary” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WEARY, adjective
- Having the strength much exhausted by toil or violent exertion; tired; fatigued. [It should be observed however that this word expresses less than tired, particularly when applied to a beast; as a tired horse.
- Having the patience exhausted, or the mind yielding to discouragement.
- Causing weariness; tiresome; as a weary way; a weary life.
All definitions and other forms of “weary”
WEARY, verb transitive
[from the adjective.]
- To reduce or exhaust the physical strength of the body; to tire; to fatigue; as, to weary ones self with labor or traveling.“The people shall weary themselves for very vanity” Habakkuk 2:13
- To make impatient of continuance.
- To harass by any thing irksome; as, to be wearied of waiting for the arrival of the post.
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.