כְּאֵב (kĕʾēb) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning pain. It appears
6 times
in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3511).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 940a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 940a)pain; suffering, adversity; grief, sorrow
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
כְּאֵבnoun, masculine: pain
Strong's H3511כְּאֵב: suffering (physical or mental), adversity KJV:grief, pain, sorrow.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 940: כָּאַבkāʾab — be in pain; mental pain; pain, mar; feel pain, grieve, spoil; grieving, have pain, make sad, sorrowful