Definition

properly, pining; by analogy, fear

Etymology

from H1669 (דָּאַב);

Word family

• דָּאַב dâʼab

How the KJV renders it

• sorrow

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.