To groan
נָהַםStrong’s H5098naham (na-ham)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Naham is the Hebrew word usually translated “groan”, “roaring” and “so it may growl”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,”
Meaning
- To growl, groan(Qal)
How it's translated
- and you will groan 2
- roaring 1
- so it may growl 1
- and it may growl 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 2
- Isaiah 2
- Ezekiel 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Proverbs 28:15As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
- Isaiah 5:29Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
- Isaiah 5:30And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
- Ezekiel 24:23And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
Hebrew dictionary
נָהַם naham · to groan
1) to growl, groan 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to growl (of lion) 1a2) to groan (of sufferer)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “groan” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GROAN, verb intransitive
[Latin grunnio; Heb. to cry out, to groan; Latin rana, a frog.]
- To breathe with a deep murmuring sound; to utter a mournful voice, as in pain or sorrow.“For we that are in this tabernacle, do groan being burdened” 2 Corinthians 5:4
- To sigh; to be oppressed or afflicted; or to complain of oppression.
All definitions and other forms of “groan”
GROAN, noun
A deep mournful sound, uttered in pain, sorrow or anguish.
- Any low, rumbling sound; as the groans of roaring wind.
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.