Strong's Hebrew · H3021

יָגַע

yâgaʻ · yaw-gah'

faint, (make to) labour, (be) weary.

Definition

properly, to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 26 times in Scripture

2 Samuel 23:10

but Eleazar stood his ground and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops returned to him, but only to plunder the dead.

Joshua 24:13

So I gave you a land on which you did not toil and cities that you did not build, and now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant.’

Isaiah 43:23

You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.

Psalms 69:3

I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

Joshua 7:3

On returning to Joshua, they reported, “There is no need to send all the people; two or three thousand men are enough to go up and attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, you need not wear out all our people there.”

Ecclesiastes 10:15

The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.

Psalms 6:6

I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

Job 9:29

Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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