Strong’s H3811 · Hebrew

לָאָה
lâʼâh
law-aw'

Definition

to tire; (figuratively) to be (or make) disgusted

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

  • faint
  • grieve
  • lothe
  • (be
  • make) weary (selves)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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