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faint

Meaning of “faint”

1. Weak or failing in heart, spirit, or mind; to lose courage or cease to persevere. 2. Weak, weary, or exhausted in bodily strength; to become weak or exhausted.

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First occurrence: Genesis 25:29

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Isaiah 40:30
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
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1611 witness · Isaiah 40:30 · retained source text

Euen the youths shall faint, and be weary, and the yong men shall vtterly fall.

Isaiah 40:31
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 40:31 · retained source text

But they that waite vpon the LORD, shall renew their strength: they shall mount vp with wings as Eagles, they shal runne and not be weary, and they shall walke, and not faint.

1611 marginal noteHeb. change

Isaiah 44:12
The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 44:12 · retained source text

The smith with the tonges both worketh in the coales, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his armes: yea he is hungrie, and his strength faileth; hee drinketh no water, and is faint.

1611 marginal noteOr, with an axe.

1611 marginal noteIer. 10.3. wisd. 13.11

Jeremiah 8:18
¶ When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 8:18 · retained source text

¶ When I would comfort my selfe against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

1611 marginal noteHeb. vpon.

Jeremiah 51:46
And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
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And lest your heart faint, and ye feare for the rumour that shall be heard in the land: a rumour shall both come one yeere, and after that in another yeere shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

Lamentations 1:13
From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
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1611 witness · Lamentations 1:13 · retained source text

From aboue hath he sent fire into my bones, and it preuaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feete, he hath turned me backe: he hath made me desolate, and faint all the day.

Lamentations 1:22
Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
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Let all their wickednes come before thee: and doe vnto them, as thou hast done vnto me for all my transgressions: for my sighes are many, and my heart is faint.

Lamentations 2:19
Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
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1611 witness · Lamentations 2:19 · retained source text

Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches powre out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift vp thy handes toward him, for the life of thy yong children, that faint for hunger in the top of euery streete.

Lamentations 5:17
For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
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For this our heart is faint, for these things our eyes are dimme.

Ezekiel 21:7
And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God.
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And it shall be, when they say vnto thee; Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answere, For the tidings, because it commeth: and euery heart shall melt, and all hands shalbe feeble, and euery spirit shal faint, and all knees shal be weake as water: behold, it commeth, and shalbe brought to passe, sayth the LORD God.

1611 marginal noteHeb. shall goe into water.

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