夭
yāo
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How is 夭 read in the Chinese Bible?
夭 is read yāo in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses across 2 books, first in 2 Samuel 12:15. Common words: 夭折, 夭亡.
- Occurrences
- 2
- Verses
- 2
- Books
- 2
- First in
- 2 Samuel 12:15
Words it forms in the Bible
Meaning: young, energetic; to die young
In the text
- 2 Samuel 12:15
拿单就回家去了。 大卫的儿子夭折 耶和华击打乌利亚妻给大卫所生的孩子，使他得重病。
- Isaiah 65:20
其中必没有数日夭亡的婴孩， 也没有寿数不满的老者； 因为百岁死的仍算孩童， 有百岁死的罪人算被咒诅。
Reading checked against CC-CEDICT, for the character or the word it sits in.
Rare: outside the 3,500 level-1 characters of the 通用规范汉字表 (2013), China’s official list of common characters. For learners: common by that list, but in no HSK 3.0 word of levels 1–6.