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the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #6001 - עָמֵל

Transliteration

ʻâmêl

Phonetics

aw-male'

Origin

from (H5998)

Parts of Speech

verbal adjective, masculine noun

TWOT

1639b,1639c

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

n m
1. labourer, sufferer, wretched one
  1. labourer, workman
  2. sufferer
adj v
1. toiling

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4088 ‑ πικρία (pik‑ree'‑ah); 4192 ‑ πόνος (pon'‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (8)

Judges 1

Job 2

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 3

BSB (7)

Judges 1

Job 2

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 5

CSB (7)

Judges 1

Job 2

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 4

ESV (9)

Judges 1

Job 2

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 5

KJV (9)

Judges 1

Job 2

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 5

LEB (9)

Judges 1

Job 2

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 5

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (9)

Judges 1

Job 2

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 4

ASV (8)

he laboreth 2

laboreth 1

of every one that is in misery 1

the appetite of the laboring 1

to him that is in misery 1

to the workmen's 1

wherein thou laborest 1

BSB (7)

a worker''s 1

for the workman''s 1

he toils 1

of misery 1

to the miserable 1

toil 2

CSB (7)

for 1

labored 1

labors 1

of misery 1

struggles 1

with grief 1

worker's 1

ESV (9)

misery 2

toil 3

toiling 1

toils 1

worker's 1

workmen's 1

KJV (9)

labour 1

laboured 1

laboureth 2

misery 1

taken 1

takest 1

wicked 1

workmen's 1

LEB (9)

a worker 1

i have toiled 1

s 2

to one in misery 1

toil 1

toiling 1

with which he toils 1

you toil 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (9)

he labors 2

in which you labor 1

labors 1

of everyone who is in misery 1

the appetite of the laboring 1

to him who is in misery 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2551) l m o (אהמל AhML) AC: Labor CO: Laborer AB: ?: [from: lo- work]

V) l m o (אהמל AhML) - Labor: KJV (11): (vf: Paal) labour - Strongs: H5998 (עָמַל)

N^m/f) l m o (אהמל AhML) - I. Labor:A labor that causes grief, pain or weariness. II. Laborer:KJV (64): labour, mischief, misery, travail, trouble, sorrow, grievance, grievousness, iniquity, miserable, pain, painful, perverseness, toil, wearisome, wickedness - Strongs: H5999 (עָמָל), H6001 (עָמֵל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. עָמֵל noun masculine^{Proverbs 16:26} labourer, sufferer; — ׳ע Proverbs 16:26 2t.; plural עֲמֵלִים Judges 5:26; —

1 labourer, workman: Judges 5:26; Proverbs 16:26.

2 sufferer, Job 3:20 ("" מָרֵי נֶפֶשׁ), Job 20:22.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

עָמֵל m. verbal adj.

(1) labouring, especially with weariness and exhaustion, often used with personal pronouns for the finite verb, Ecclesiastes 2:22, 4:8 9:9 hence an artizan, Judges 5:26.

(2) sorrowful, wretched, Job 3:20, 20:22.

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List of Word Forms

לְעָמֵ֣ל לעמל עֲמֵלִ֑ים עָ֭מֵל עָמֵ֖ל עָמֵ֗ל עָמֵ֣ל עָמֵֽל׃ עמל עמל׃ עמלים ‘ă·mê·lîm ‘ā·mêl ‘āmêl ‘ămêlîm aMel ameLim lə‘āmêl lə·‘ā·mêl leaMel