Strong H3021יָגֵעַ

be weary/toil

Transliteration
yâga‛
Pronunciation
yaw-gah'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; properly to gasp; hence to be {exhausted} to {tire} to toil: - {faint} (make to) {labour} (be) weary.

Detailed definition

1) to toil, labour, grow weary, be weary
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to toil, labour
1a2) to grow weary, be weary
1b) (Piel) to weary, make weary, cause to go toilsomely
1c) (Hiphil) to make to toil, make weary, cause to be weary

In the Bible

Strong H3021 appears in 25 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • labour11
  • be5
  • weary5
  • faint1
  • laboured1
  • thou1
  • wearieth1

First verses

  1. Joshua 7:3
    And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.
  2. Joshua 24:13
    And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
  3. 2 Samuel 23:10
    He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the Lord wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
  4. Job 9:29
    If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
  5. Psalms 6:6
    I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
  6. Psalms 69:3
    I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
  7. Proverbs 23:4
    Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
  8. Ecclesiastes 10:15
    The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
  9. Isaiah 40:28
    Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
  10. Isaiah 40:30
    Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
  11. Isaiah 40:31
    But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
  12. Isaiah 43:22
    But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.
  13. Isaiah 43:23
    Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
  14. Isaiah 43:24
    Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.
  15. Isaiah 47:12
    Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
  16. Isaiah 47:15
    Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
  17. Isaiah 49:4
    Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
  18. Isaiah 57:10
    Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.
  19. Isaiah 62:8
    The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
  20. Isaiah 65:23
    They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.
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