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כָּאַב
kâʼab · Hebrew · Strong's H3510 · 8 occurrences
The KJV renders 4 different Hebrew words as “sorrowful”
What it means
properly, to feel pain; by implication, to grieve; figuratively, to spoil
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
grieving, mar, have pain, make sad, sorrowful
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“sorrowful”
“mar”
also renders apóllymi (G622), nâthâç (H5420)
Where it appears
8 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
2 Kings 3:19 · HVhi2mp
You shall strike every fortified city and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.’”
Ezekiel 13:22 · HVhp1cs/Sp3ms
Because with lies you have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive.
Ezekiel 28:24 · HVhrmsa
“‘“There will no longer be a pricking brier to the house of Israel, nor a hurting thorn of any that are around them that scorned them. Then they will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.”
Genesis 34:25 · HVqrmpa
On the third day, when they were sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males.
Job 5:18 · HVhi3ms
For he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole.
Job 14:22 · HVqi3ms
But his flesh on him has pain, and his soul within him mourns.”
Proverbs 14:13 HVqi3msPsalm 69:29 HC/Vqrmsa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.