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si.ach H7879

שִׂיחַ (si.ach) means “complaint” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שִׂיחַ Hebrew · H7879 14 tagged occurrences in 14 verses

Pronunciation guide: see'-akh Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7879

שִׂיחַ · si.ach · complaint

1) meditation, complaint, musing 1a) plaint, complaint 1b) following are uncertain 1b1) musing 1b2) anxiety, trouble 1b3) talk

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H7878 (שִׂיחַ); a contemplation; by implication, an utterance

KJV glosses: babbling, communication, complaint, meditation, prayer, talk.

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How translators render H7879

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
my complaint 5
and their babble 1
complaint 1
has complaints 1
his lament 1
in my complaint 1
may my meditation 1
of complaint 1
of my anguish 1
perhaps he is deep in thought 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
my complaint 6
and his communication 1
either he is talking 1
in my complaint 1
in my prayer 1
my meditation 1
of my complaint 1
who hath babbling 1

Verses containing H7879

Page 1 of 1. 14 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. 1 Samuel 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not take your servant for a wicked woman, for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”

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  2. 1 Kings 18:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”

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  3. 2 Kings 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, “Is everything all right? Why did this madman come to you?” “You know his kind and their babble,” he replied.

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  4. Job 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

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  5. Job 9:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’

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  6. Job 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.

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  7. Job 21:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?

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  8. Job 23:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

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  9. Psalms 55:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught

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    Source alternate reference: 55.3

  10. Psalms 64:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.

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    Source alternate reference: 64.2

  11. Psalms 102:0 · KJV · 1 occurrence

    The source numbers this heading or verse separately; read it in the interlinear.

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    Source alternate reference: 102.1

  12. Psalms 104:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.

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  13. Psalms 142:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.

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    Source alternate reference: 142.3

  14. Proverbs 23:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?

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Sources and text

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