- Original: יעף - Transliteration: Ya`aph - Phonetic: yaw-af' - Definition: 1. to be or grow weary, be fatigued, be faint a. (Qal) to be or grow weary, be fatigued, be faint b. (Hophal) wearied (participle) - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 885 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to tire (as if from wearisome flight): - faint cause to fly (be) weary (self). Total KJV Occurrences: 9 • faint, 3 Isaiah 40:30; Isaiah 40:31; Isaiah 44:12 • fainteth, 1 Isaiah 40:28 • fly, 1 Daniel 9:21 • weary, 4 Jeremiah 2:24; Jeremiah 51:58; Jeremiah 51:64; Habakkuk 2:13