Quick Definition
be numb
Strong's Definition
to be sluggish
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: cease, be feeble, faint, be slacked.
TWOT Reference: 1740
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
פּוּג (pug) — be numb. 1) to grow numb, be feeble, be benumbed 1a) (Qal) to be feeble 1b) (Niphal) to be benumbed
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · הֲפוּגָה · פּוּגָה
Non-Think | verb qal
Collocation: לֵב פוג
to be stunned literally: (one's) heart is weak; hence: = state in which one is unable to comprehend certain things
Afraid | verb nif | ≈ דכה
to be feeble, to be spent literally: to be weak; hence: = state in which humans are totally discouraged
Fail | verb qal
to fail literally: to be weak; hence: = state in which certain conditions are ineffective
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[פּוּג] vb. grow numb Qal of hand, i.e drop helpless
Niph. I am benumbed and crushed
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