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Strong H38562 sensesלָהַה

to languish · to amaze

Transliteration
lâhahh
Pronunciation
law-hah'

The 2 senses of Strong H3856

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H3856 appears in 2 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. to languishH3856A(Qal) to languish, faint1 verse · Genesis
  2. to amazeלִהְלֵהַּH3856Bto amaze, startle1 verse · Proverbs

General definition

A primitive root meaning properly to {burn} that {is} (by implication) to be rabid (figuratively insane); also (from the exhaustion of frenzy) to languish: - {faint} mad.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • faint1
  • mad1

First verses

  1. Genesis 47:13
    And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
  2. Proverbs 26:18
    As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,