יָגַע

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

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

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to toil, labor, grow weary, be weary
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(piel) to weary, make weary, cause to go toilsomely
• 4.(hiphil) to make to toil, make weary, cause to be weary

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: yâgaʻ; Pronunciation: yaw-gah'