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Lexicon :: Strong's H5999 - ʿāmāl

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עָמָל
Transliteration
ʿāmāl
Pronunciation
aw-mawl'
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1639a

Strong’s Definitions

עָמָל ʻâmâl, aw-mawl'; from H5998; toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind:—grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x

The KJV translates Strong's H5999 in the following manner: labour (25x), mischief (9x), misery (3x), travail (3x), trouble (3x), sorrow (2x), grievance (1x), grievousness (1x), iniquity (1x), miserable (1x), pain (1x), painful (1x), perverseness (1x), toil (1x), wearisome (1x), wickedness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x
The KJV translates Strong's H5999 in the following manner: labour (25x), mischief (9x), misery (3x), travail (3x), trouble (3x), sorrow (2x), grievance (1x), grievousness (1x), iniquity (1x), miserable (1x), pain (1x), painful (1x), perverseness (1x), toil (1x), wearisome (1x), wickedness (1x).

  1. toil, trouble, labour

    1. trouble

    2. trouble, mischief

    3. toil, labour

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָמָל ʻâmâl, aw-mawl'; from H5998; toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind:—grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.
STRONGS H5999: Abbreviations
† I. עָמָל noun masculineJob 4:8 feminineEcclesiastes 10:15 (against AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 113, see KöSynt. § 249 m) trouble, labour, toil (on this form as abstract see LagBN 143 BaNB 105); — ע׳ Numbers 23:21 +; construct עֲמַל Judges 10:16 +; suffix עֲמָלִי Genesis 41:51 +, etc.; —
1. trouble (|| sorrow): one's own suffering, עָמָל וְיָגוֺן Jeremiah 20:18; וָכַעַס ע׳ Psalm 10:14; עֳנִי וע׳ Deuteronomy 26:7; Psalm 25:18; וָאָ֑וֶן ע׳ Psalm 90:10; || אָוֶן Numbers 23:21; Job 5:6; || שָֽׁוְא Job 7:3; נפשׁו ע׳ Isaiah 53:11; בְּעֵינָ֑י ע׳ Psalm 73:16; מֵעֵינָ֑י וַיַּסְתֵּר ע׳ Job 3:10; מְנַחֲמֵי ע׳ Job 16:2; אדם לע׳ יוּלָּד Job 5:7; אנושׁ אינימוֺ בע׳ Psalm 73:5; שׁכח ע׳ Job 11:16; נַשַּׁנִי ע׳ Genesis 41:51 (E); לא זכר ע׳ Proverbs 31:7; תקצר נפשׁו בע׳ Judges 10:16.
2. trouble, mischief, as done to others: || שֹׁד Proverbs 24:2; יֹצֵר ע׳ Psalm 94:20; || רָע Habakkuk 1:13; בְראֹשׁוֺ יָשׁוּב ע׳ Psalm 7:17; וָאָ֑וֶן ע׳ Psalm 10:7; און וע׳ Psalm 55:11; || אָוֶן Isaiah 10:1; Isaiah 59:4; Habakkuk 1:3; Psalm 7:15; Job 4:8; Job 15:35; עֲמַל שְׂפָתֵימוֺ Psalm 140:10 mischief of their lips.
3. toil, labour (late in Hebrew): Ecclesiastes 2:10 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 2:21, 24; Ecclesiastes 3:13; Ecclesiastes 4:4, 6, 8, 9; Ecclesiastes 5:14; Ecclesiastes 5:18; Ecclesiastes 6:7; Ecclesiastes 8:15; Ecclesiastes 10:15; with עָמַל (which see) Ecclesiastes 1:3; Ecclesiastes 2:11, 19, 20; Ecclesiastes 5:17; שֶׁאֲנִי שְׁהוּא) עָמֵל ע׳ Ecclesiastes 2:18, 22; אֲשֶׁר עָמֵל ע׳ Ecclesiastes 9:9; = fruit of labour, לְאֻמִּים יִירָ֑שׁוּ ע׳ Psalm 105:44; לִבָּם וַיַּכְנַע בע׳ Psalm 107:12 he humbled their mind by toil.

† II. עָמֵל verbal adjective toiling, only Ecclesiastes, as predicate; — Ecclesiastes 2:18, Ecclesiastes 2:22; [H6001 Ecclesiastes 3:9;] Ecclesiastes 4:8; Ecclesiastes 9:9.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:51; 41:51

Numbers

23:21; 23:21

Deuteronomy

26:7

Judges

10:16; 10:16

Job

3:10; 4:8; 4:8; 5:6; 5:7; 7:3; 11:16; 15:35; 16:2

Psalms

7:15; 7:17; 10:7; 10:14; 25:18; 55:11; 73:5; 73:16; 90:10; 94:20; 105:44; 107:12; 140:10

Proverbs

24:2; 31:7

Ecclesiastes

1:3; 2:10; 2:11; 2:18; 2:18; 2:19; 2:20; 2:21; 2:22; 2:22; 2:24; 3:13; 4:4; 4:6; 4:8; 4:8; 4:9; 5:14; 5:17; 5:18; 6:7; 8:15; 9:9; 9:9; 10:15; 10:15

Isaiah

10:1; 53:11; 59:4

Jeremiah

20:18

Habakkuk

1:3; 1:13

H5999

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5999 matches the Hebrew עָמָל (ʿāmāl),
which occurs 55 times in 54 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 41:51–Isa 53:11)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:51

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:51 - Joseph named the firstborn [fn]Manasseh, “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my trouble H5999 and all my father’s household.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:21 - “He has not observed [fn]misfortune in Jacob;
Nor has He seen trouble H5999 in Israel;
The LORD his God is with him,
And the shout of a king is among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:7 - ‘Then we cried to the LORD, the God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction and our toil H5999 and our oppression;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16 - So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and [fn]He could bear the misery H5999 of Israel no longer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:10 - Because it did not shut the opening of my mother’s womb,
Or hide trouble H5999 from my eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:8 - “According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity
And those who sow trouble H5999 harvest it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - “For affliction does not come from the dust,
Nor does trouble H5999 sprout from the ground,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7 - For man is born for trouble, H5999
As sparks fly upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3 - So am I allotted months of vanity,
And nights of trouble H5999 are appointed me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:16 - “For you would forget your trouble, H5999
As waters that have passed by, you would remember it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - “They conceive [fn]mischief H5999 and bring forth iniquity,
And their [fn]mind prepares deception.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:2 - “I have heard many such things;
[fn]Sorry H5999 comforters are you all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:14 - Behold, he travails with wickedness,
And he conceives mischief H5999 and brings forth falsehood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:16 - His mischief H5999 will return upon his own head,
And his violence will descend upon [fn]his own pate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression;
Under his tongue is mischief H5999 and wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 - You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief H5999 and vexation to [fn]take it into Your hand.
The [fn]unfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the helper of the orphan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:18 - Look upon my affliction and my [fn]trouble, H5999
And forgive all my sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 - Day and night they go around her upon her walls,
And iniquity and mischief H5999 are in her midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:5 - They are not [fn]in trouble H5999 as other [fn]men,
Nor are they plagued [fn]like mankind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:16 - When I pondered to understand this,
It was [fn]troublesome H5999 in my sight

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - As for the days of our [fn]life, [fn]they contain seventy years,
Or if due to strength, eighty years,
Yet their pride is but labor H5999 and sorrow;
For soon it is gone and we fly away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 - Can a [fn]throne of destruction be allied with You,
One which devises [fn]mischief H5999 by decree?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:44 - He gave them also the lands of the [fn]nations,
That they might take possession of the fruit of the peoples’ labor, H5999

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12 - Therefore He humbled their heart with labor; H5999
They stumbled and there was none to help.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:9 - “As for the head of those who surround me,
May the mischief H5999 of their lips cover them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2 - For their [fn]minds devise violence,
And their lips talk of trouble. H5999

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:7 - Let him drink and forget his poverty
And remember his trouble H5999 no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 - What advantage does man have in all his work H5999
Which he does under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10 - All that my eyes desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor H5999 and this was my reward for all my labor. H5999

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor H5999 which I had [fn]exerted, and behold all was [fn]vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18 - Thus I hated all the fruit H5999 of my labor H5999 for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have [fn]control over all the fruit H5999 of my labor H5999 for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20 - Therefore I [fn]completely despaired of all the fruit H5999 of my labor H5999 for which I had labored under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge and skill, then he gives his [fn]legacy to one who has not labored with them. This too is vanity and a great evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:22 - For what does a man get in all his labor H5999 and in [fn]his striving with which he labors under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:24 - There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and [fn]tell himself that his labor H5999 is good. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:13 - moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor H5999—it is the gift of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - I have seen that every labor H5999 and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is [fn]vanity and striving after wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:6 - One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor H5999 and striving after wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There was a certain man without a [fn]dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. H5999 Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, “And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?” This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 - Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. H5999

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:15 - As he had come naked from his mother’s womb, so will he return as he came. He will take nothing from the fruit H5999 of his labor H5999 that he can carry in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18 - Here is what I have seen to be good and [fn]fitting: to eat, to drink and [fn]enjoy oneself in all one’s labor H5999 in which he toils under the sun during the few [fn]years of his life which God has given him; for this is his [fn]reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19 - Furthermore, as for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to receive his [fn]reward and rejoice in his labor; H5999 this is the gift of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:7 - All a man’s labor H5999 is for his mouth and yet the [fn]appetite is not [fn]satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry, and this will stand by him in his [fn]toils H5999 throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your [fn]fleeting life which He has given to you under the sun[fn]; for this is your reward in life and in your toil H5999 in which you have labored under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:15 - The toil H5999 of [fn]a fool so wearies him that he does not even know how to go to a city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 - Woe to those who enact evil statutes
And to those who constantly record [fn]unjust H5999 decisions, H5999

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:11 - As a result of the [fn]anguish H5999 of His soul,
He will see [fn]it and be satisfied;
By His knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
As He will bear their iniquities.

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