Lexical Definition

‎מַכְאֹב‎ makʼôb (mak-obe') pain ^H:N-M
sometimes מַכְאוֹב makʼôwb (mak-obe'); also (feminine Isaiah 53:3) מַכְאֹבָה makʼôbâh (mako-baw'); from ‎כָּאַב‎

grief, pain, sorrow.

• anguish or (figuratively) affliction

1) pain, sorrow
1a) pain (physical)
1b) pain (mental)

See Greek: διαφθορά · μαλακία · μάστιξ · ὀδύνη

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַכְאוֺב‎ noun masculine^{Ps 32:10} pain; — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ absolute Eccl 1:18 + 2 t.; construct Ps 69:27* suffix ‎מַכְאוֺבִי‎ (‎מַכְאֹבִי‎) Ps 38:18* + 3 t., etc.; plural ‎מַכְאוֺבִים‎ Ps 32:10; Eccl 2:23 ‎מַכְאֹבוֺת‎ Isa 53:3 suffix ‎מַכְאֹבָיו‎ Exod 3:7 ‎מַכְאֹבֵינוּ‎ Isa 53:4 —

1. pain, physical, Exod 3:7 (|| ‎עֳנִי‎; compare ‎מִפְּנֵי נֹגְשָׂיו‎ in context); 2Chr 6:29 (|| ‎נֶגַע‎); Job 33:19.

2. of mental pain, Ps 32:10 (of troubles of wicked), of Babylon Jer 51:8; Ps 38:18*; Ps 69:27* (as result of sin; of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s servant); in ‎׳‎‎י‎'s word to Baruch Jer 45:3 (|| ‎יָגוֺן‎, ‎אֲנָחָה‎), compare of Israel in distress Jer 30:15 (|| ‎שֵׁבֶר‎), of Jerusalem Lam 1:12 (twice in verse); Lam 1:18, Eccl 1:18 (‎׳‎‎יוֺסִיף דַּעַת יוֺסִיף מַכ‎); Eccl 2:23 (|| ‎כַּעַם עִנְיָנוֺ‎); particular of suffering servant of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Isa 53:3; Isa 53:4 (both || ‎חֳלִי‎).

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