כְּאֵב kᵉʼêb

Meaning

suffering (physical or mental), adversity

In the King James Version: grief, pain, sorrow.

Derivation: from H3510 (כָּאַב);

Where it is used

• Job 2:13 Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
• Job 16:6 Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
• Psalms 39:2 I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
• Isaiah 17:11 though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout—yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.
• Isaiah 65:14 My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.
• Jeremiah 15:18 Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.