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It conveys a sense of being worn out or fatigued, often due to labor, travel, or battle. In the biblical context, it can also imply a spiritual or moral weariness, reflecting a deeper sense of discouragement or depletion.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israel, physical labor was a significant part of daily life, whether in agriculture, shepherding, or warfare. The concept of weariness was well understood, as people often traveled long distances on foot or engaged in strenuous activities. The biblical narrative frequently uses physical weariness as a metaphor for spiritual or emotional exhaustion, highlighting the human need for rest and divine renewal.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to be weary, faint<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>become exhausted (2), become weary (3), becomes weary (1), extreme (1), grow weary (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> I. [<font class="hebrew2">יָעֵף</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>be weary, faint</b></font> (Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb041905.gif"> <em>run</em> and <em>shew weariness</em>) — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Perfect</em> <font class="hebrew2">וְיָעֵ֑פוּ</font> consecutive <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/51-58.htm">Jeremiah 51:58</a>,64; <em>Imperfect</em> <font class="hebrew2">יִיעַף</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40-28.htm">Isaiah 40:28</a>; <font class="hebrew2">וַיִּעָ֑ף</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/44-12.htm">Isaiah 44:12</a>; <font class="hebrew2">יִָֽעֲפוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40-30.htm">Isaiah 40:30</a>; <font class="hebrew2">יִיעָ֑פוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40-31.htm">Isaiah 40:31</a>; <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/2-24.htm">Jeremiah 2:24</a>; <font class="hebrew2">יִעָ֑פוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/habakkuk/2-13.htm">Habakkuk 2:13</a>; — <em>be</em> or <em>grow weary</em> <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/2-24.htm">Jeremiah 2:24</a> (in seeking); = exhaust onself fruitlessly <a href="/interlinear/habakkuk/2-13.htm">Habakkuk 2:13</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">יגע</font>), hence <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/51-58.htm">Jeremiah 51:58</a>,64 (repeated by error from <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/51-58.htm">Jeremiah 51:58</a>); of <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">י</font> (negative) <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40-28.htm">Isaiah 40:28</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">יגע</font>); youth <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40-30.htm">Isaiah 40:30</a> ("" <em>id.</em>); the god-fearing <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40-31.htm">Isaiah 40:31</a> ("" <em>id.</em>); <em>be faint</em> from lack of water <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/44-12.htm">Isaiah 44:12</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">אֵין כֹּחַ</font> from hunger). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Hoph`al</b></font> <em>Participle wearied</em> <a href="/interlinear/daniel/9-21.htm">Daniel 9:21</a> <font class="hebrew2">מֻעָף בִּיעָף</font> (see <font class="hebrew2">יְעָף</font>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>faint, cause to fly, be weary self <p>A primitive root; to tire (as if from wearisome flight) -- faint, cause to fly, (be) weary (self). <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הַיְּעֵפִ֖ים היעפים וְיִֽעֲפ֥וּ וְיָעֵ֑פוּ וְיָעֵֽפוּ׃ וַיִּיעָֽף׃ וייעף׃ ויעפו ויעפו׃ יִיעַ֖ף יִיעָ֔פוּ יִיעָֽפוּ׃ יִעָֽפוּ׃ ייעף ייעפו ייעפו׃ יעפו׃ מֻעָ֣ף מעף haiyeeFim hay·yə·‘ê·p̄îm hayyə‘êp̄îm mu‘āp̄ mu·‘āp̄ muAf vaiyiAf veyaEfu veyiaFu way·yî·‘āp̄ wayyî‘āp̄ wə·yā·‘ê·p̄ū wə·yi·‘ă·p̄ū wəyā‘êp̄ū wəyi‘ăp̄ū yî‘ap̄ yi‘āp̄ū yî‘āp̄ū yi·‘ā·p̄ū yî·‘ā·p̄ū yî·‘ap̄ yiAf yiAfu<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/judges/8-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Judges 8:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/judges/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">נִתֵּ֛ן לַאֲנָשֶׁ֥יךָ <b> הַיְּעֵפִ֖ים </b> לָֽחֶם׃ </span><br><a href="/interlinear/judges/8-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> give to your men <span class="itali">faint</span> bread<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/40-28.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 40:28</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָאָ֔רֶץ לֹ֥א <b> יִיעַ֖ף </b> וְלֹ֣א יִיגָ֑ע</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/40.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the earth <span class="itali">Does not become weary</span> or tired.<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/40.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the earth, <span class="itali">fainteth</span> not, neither is weary?<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40-28.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the earth does not <span class="itali">become</span> or tired<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/40-30.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 40:30</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> וְיִֽעֲפ֥וּ </b> נְעָרִ֖ים וְיִגָ֑עוּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/40.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Though youths <span class="itali">grow weary</span> and tired,<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/40.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Even the youths <span class="itali">shall faint</span> and be weary,<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40-30.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">grow</span> youths and tired<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/40-31.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 40:31</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יֵלְכ֖וּ וְלֹ֥א <b> יִיעָֽפוּ׃ </b> פ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/40.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> They will walk <span class="itali">and not become weary.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/40.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [and] they shall walk, <span class="itali">and not faint.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40-31.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will walk and not <span class="itali">become</span><p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/44-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 44:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/44.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">שָׁ֥תָה מַ֖יִם <b> וַיִּיעָֽף׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/44.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> no water <span class="itali">and becomes weary.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/44.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> he drinketh no water, <span class="itali">and is faint.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/44-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> drinks water <span class="itali">and becomes</span><p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/2-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 2:24</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מְבַקְשֶׁ֙יהָ֙ לֹ֣א <b> יִיעָ֔פוּ </b> בְּחָדְשָׁ֖הּ יִמְצָאֽוּנְהָ׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> who seek <span class="itali">her will not become weary;</span> In her month<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> all they that seek <span class="itali">her will not weary</span> themselves; in her month<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/2-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> seek her will not <span class="itali">become</span> her month will find<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/51-58.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 51:58</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/51.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בְּדֵי־ אֵ֖שׁ <b> וְיָעֵֽפוּ׃ </b> ס </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/51.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And the nations <span class="itali">become exhausted</span> [only] for fire.<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/51.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in the fire, <span class="itali">and they shall be weary.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/51-58.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> able fire <span class="itali">become</span><p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/51-64.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 51:64</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/51.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מֵבִ֥יא עָלֶ֖יהָ <b> וְיָעֵ֑פוּ </b> עַד־ הֵ֖נָּה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/51.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that I am going to bring <span class="itali">upon her; and they will become exhausted.'</span> Thus<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/51.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that I will bring <span class="itali">upon her: and they shall be weary.</span> Thus far [are] the words<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/51-64.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to bring upon <span class="itali">will become</span> far here<p><b><a href="/text/daniel/9-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Daniel 9:21</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בֶחָז֤וֹן בַּתְּחִלָּה֙ <b> מֻעָ֣ף </b> בִּיעָ֔ף נֹגֵ֣עַ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/daniel/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> came <span class="itali">to me in [my] extreme</span> weariness<br><a href="/kjvs/daniel/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> at the beginning, <span class="itali">being caused to fly</span> swiftly,<br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/9-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the vision previously <span class="itali">in extreme</span> weariness came<p><b><a href="/text/habakkuk/2-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Habakkuk 2:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/habakkuk/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בְּדֵי־ רִ֥יק <b> יִעָֽפוּ׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/habakkuk/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And nations <span class="itali">grow weary</span> for nothing?<br><a href="/kjvs/habakkuk/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and the people <span class="itali">shall weary</span> themselves for very<br><a href="/interlinear/habakkuk/2-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> very empty <span class="itali">grow</span><p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3286.htm">10 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3286.htm">Strong's Hebrew 3286<br>10 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/haiyeefim_3286.htm">hay·yə·‘ê·p̄îm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/muaf_3286.htm">mu·‘āp̄ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vaiyiaf_3286.htm">way·yî·‘āp̄ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/veyaefu_3286.htm">wə·yā·‘ê·p̄ū — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/veyiafu_3286.htm">wə·yi·‘ă·p̄ū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yiaf_3286.htm">yî·‘ap̄ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yiafu_3286.htm">yî·‘ā·p̄ū — 3 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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