עָצַב
ʿāṣab
shape
Strong's H6087VerbHebrewTWOT 1666

עָצַב (ʿāṣab) is a Hebrew verb meaning shape. It appears 17 times in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6087).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1666)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1666)hurt, pain, grieve; carve, fabricate, fashion, worry, anger; displease, make, be sorry, vex, worship, wrest
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עָצַב verb: hurt, pain, grieve

Strong's H6087 עָצַב: properly, to carve, i.e. fabricate or fashion; hence (in a bad sense) to worry, pain or anger
KJV:displease, grieve, hurt, make, be sorry, vex, worship, wrest.

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.

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Genesis 6:61 Samuel 20:31 Kings 1:6

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