Laah means “tire” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G3811 — paideuo (“instruct”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H3811 לָאָה (la'ah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. la'ah (law-aw') v. 1. to tire 2. (figuratively) to be (or make) disgusted It has 18 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include weary, they, lothe, faintest, and make. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
la'ah (law-aw') v. 1. to tire 2. (figuratively) to be (or make) disgusted [a primitive root] KJV: faint, grieve, lothe, (be, make) weary (selves).
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3811. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
be weary
Usage: 1) to be weary, be impatient, be grieved, be offended 1a) (Qal) to be weary, be impatient 1b) (Niphal) to be tired of something, weary oneself 1c) (Hiphil) to weary, make weary, exhaust
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render la'ah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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18 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
First 18 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3811.
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.
Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
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Laah (Strong's H3811) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "tire". la'ah (law-aw') v. 1. to tire 2. (figuratively) to be (or make) disgusted
This page currently indexes 18 linked usages for Strong's H3811 across 9 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3811 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as weary, they, lothe, faintest, and make. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.