H6087 עָצַב (ʻâtsab) aw-tsab'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

properly, to carve, i.e. fabricate or fashion; hence (in a bad sense) to worry, pain or anger

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: displease, grieve, hurt, make, be sorry, vex, worship, wrest.

TWOT Reference: 1666,1667

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to hurt, pain, grieve, displease, vex, wrest

1a) (Qal) to hurt, pain

1b)(Niphal) to be in pain, be pained, be grieved

1c) (Piel) to vex, torture

1d) (Hiphil) to cause pain

1e) (Hithpael) to feel grieved, be vexed

2) to shape, fashion, make, form, stretch into shape, (TWOT) worship

2a) (Piel) to shape, form

2b) (Hiphil) to form, copy, fashion

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G948 G1278 G2352 G2660 G2667 G3076 G3947 G3949 G4111 G4160 G5013

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עָצַב (a.tsav) — to hurt. 1) to hurt, pain, grieve, displease, vex, wrest 1a) (Qal) to hurt, pain 1b)(Niphal) to be in pain, be pained, be grieved 1c) (Piel) to vex, torture 1d) (Hiphil) to cause pain 1e) (Hithpael) to feel grieved, be vexed Aramaic equivalent: a.tsav (עֲצַב "to pain" H6088)

עָצַב (a.tsav) — to shape. 1) to shape, fashion, make, form, stretch into shape, (TWOT) worship 1a) (Piel) to shape, form 1b) (Hiphil) to form, copy, fashion

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עצב (H6087)

verb · מַעֲצֵבָה · עֶצֶב · עַצָּב · עִצָּבֹון · עַצֶּבֶת · עֲצִיב

Impact | verb nif

to be hurt = process by which humans are physically hurt

ECC 10:9

Fail | verb pi

to frustrate literally: to hurt; hence: = causative action by which humans try to cause the activities of other humans to fail

PSA 56:6

Grieve | verb qal, verb nif, verb hit

to be grieved, to be distressed, to be in pain literally: to be hurt; hence: = process by which humans are emotionally hurt or troubled

GEN 6:6 · GEN 34:7 · GEN 45:5 · 1SA 20:3 · 1SA 20:34 · 2SA 19:3 · 1CH 4:10 · NEH 8:10 · NEH 8:11

Grieve | verb qal, verb pi

to displease, to pain, to grieve literally: to hurt; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities cause other humans or deities to be emotionally hurt or troubled

1KI 1:6 · PSA 78:40 · ISA 54:6 · ISA 63:10

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verb · עֹצֶב · עָצָב

Exist | verb pi, verb hif | ≈ עשׂה

to form, to fashion, to create = causative action by which humans or deities produce humans or images portraying deities

JOB 10:8 · JER 44:19

Steve Berneking

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[עָצַב] vb. hurt, pain, grieve Qal his father had not pained him

Niph. be pained for

Pi. they vexed his holy spirit

Hiph. they used to cause him [י׳] pain.

Hithp. and he was vexed to his heart

base

[עָצַב] vb. Pi. shape, fashion Pi. thy hands shaped me, etc.

Hiph. to fashion her, i.e. make images of her

base

Bible Occurrences (17)

6:6 34:7 45:5

20:3 20:34

19:2

1:6

4:10

8:10 8:11

10:8

56:5 78:40

10:9

54:6 63:10

44:19

Genesis 6:6

And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.

Genesis 34:7

When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief... and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter — a thing that should not be done.

Genesis 45:5

And now, do not be distressed... or angry with yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.

1 Samuel 20:3

But David again vowed..., Your father knows very well... that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved. As surely as the LORD lives and as you... yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”

1 Samuel 20:34

Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.

2 Samuel 19:2

And that day’s victory was turned into mourning for all the people, because on that... day [they] were told, The king is grieving over his son.

1 Kings 1:6

His father had never... once reprimanded him by saying, Why do you act this way? [Adonijah was] also very handsome..., born next after Absalom.

1 Chronicles 4:10

And Jabez called out to the God of Israel..., If only You would bless me... and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain. And God granted the request of [Jabez].