Know the Word.

Hebrew word

makʼôb

mak-obe'

מַכְאֹב

What it means

anguish or affliction

anguish or (figuratively) affliction

Where it comes from

sometimes מַכְאוֹב; also (feminine Isaiah 53:3) מַכְאֹבָה; from kâʼab (כָּאַב)

How the King James translates it

  • sorrow6
  • sorrows4
  • grief2
  • pain2

Every place it appears 14

2 Chronicles6:29
Ecclesiastes2:23
Isaiah53:353:4
Lamentations1:121:18
makʼôb — Hebrew word meaning “anguish or affliction”