תּוּגָה

tuga · grief, heaviness

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8424 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

tuga (תּוּגָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “grief, heaviness”.

Grief, deep sorrow; heaviness of spirit.

How to say it

tu·ga

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Deep sorrow, above all the kind a foolish son causes his parents.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Psalms 119:28

    My soul melts away from grief; raise me up according to your word.

  • Proverbs 10:1

    The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes his father glad, but a senseless son is the grief of his mother.

  • Proverbs 14:13

    Even in laughter the heart aches, and the end of joy is grief.

  • Proverbs 17:21

    Whoever fathers a senseless son does it to his grief, and the father of a fool will not rejoice.