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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #6101 - עָצַל

Transliteration

ʻâtsal

Phonetics

aw-tsal'

Root Word (Etymology)

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1672

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) (Niphal) to be sluggish

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (1)

NAS (1)

HCS (1)

BSB (1)

ESV (1)

WEB (1)

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2568) l y o (אהתסל AhTsL) AC: Lazy CO: ? AB: ?

V) l y o (אהתסל AhTsL) - Lazy: KJV (1): (vf: Niphal) slothful - Strongs: H6101 (עָצַל)

N^m) l y o (אהתסל AhTsL) - Sluggard: KJV (14): sluggard - Strongs: H6102 (עָצֵל)

N^f1) e l y o (אהתסלה AhTsLH) - Laziness: KJV (2): slothfulness - Strongs: H6103 (עַצְלָה)

N^f3) t f l y o (אהתסלות AhTsLWT) - Laziness: KJV (1): idleness - Strongs: H6104 (עַצְלוּת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[עָצֵל] verb Niph`al be sluggish (Late Hebrew in derived species, and derivatives; compare Arabic

III. stick fast in coitu, Lane²⁰⁸⁶; Syriac

be stupid); — Imperfect 2 masculine plural אַלתֵּֿעָֽצְלוּ לָלֶכֶת Judges 18:9 be not sluggish in going.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

עָצַל a root not used in Kal. (Arab. عطل to be at leisure, Conj. II., to leave, to neglect. The primary idea appears to be that of laxity and languor; compare דָּלַל, חָדַל, خطل).

Niphal, to be slothful, Judges 18:9.

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List of Word Forms

תֵּעָ֣צְל֔וּ תעצלו tê‘āṣəlū tê·‘ā·ṣə·lū teAtzeLu