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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
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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.
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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 BoxGen 41:51 - Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, "Certainly God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's house."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:21 - He has not looked on iniquity in Jacob, nor has he seen trouble in Israel. The LORD their God is with them; his acclamation as king is among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:7 - So we cried out to the LORD, the God of our ancestors, and he heard us and saw our humiliation, toil, and oppression.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16 - They threw away the foreign gods they owned and worshiped the LORD. Finally the LORD grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:10 - because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:8 - Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - For evil does not come up from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7 - but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3 - thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:16 - For you will forget your trouble; you will remember it like water that has flowed away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - They conceive trouble and bring forth evil; their belly prepares deception."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:2 - "I have heard many things like these before. What miserable comforters are you all!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:14 - See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies -

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:16 - He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 - You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:18 - See my pain and suffering! Forgive all my sins!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 - Day and night they walk around on its walls, while wickedness and destruction are within it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:5 - They are immune to the trouble common to men; they do not suffer as other men do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:16 - When I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - The days of our lives add up to seventy years, or eighty, if one is especially strong. But even one's best years are marred by trouble and oppression. Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 - Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:44 - He handed the territory of nations over to them, and they took possession of what other peoples had produced,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12 - So he used suffering to humble them; they stumbled and no one helped them up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:9 - As for the heads of those who surround me - may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2 - for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:7 - let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 - What benefit do people get from all the effort which they expend on earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10 - I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted; I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure. So all my accomplishments gave me joy; this was my reward for all my effort.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it, I concluded: "All these achievements and possessions are ultimately profitless - like chasing the wind! There is nothing gained from them on earth."

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18 - So I loathed all the fruit of my effort, for which I worked so hard on earth, because I must leave it behind in the hands of my successor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - Who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will be master over all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so wisely on earth! This also is futile!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20 - So I began to despair about all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so hard on earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; however, he must hand over the fruit of his labor as an inheritance to someone else who did not work for it. This also is futile, and an awful injustice!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:22 - What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:24 - There is nothing better for people than to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in their work. I also perceived that this ability to find enjoyment comes from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:13 - and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things are a gift from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - Then I considered all the skillful work that is done: Surely it is nothing more than competition between one person and another. This also is profitless - like chasing the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:6 - Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - A man who is all alone with no companion, he has no children nor siblings; yet there is no end to all his toil, and he is never satisfied with riches. He laments, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is futile and a burdensome task!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 - Two people are better than one, because they can reap more benefit from their labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:15 - Just as he came forth from his mother's womb, naked will he return as he came, and he will take nothing in his hand that he may carry away from his toil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18 - I have seen personally what is the only beneficial and appropriate course of action for people: to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all their hard work on earth during the few days of their life which God has given them, for this is their reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19 - To every man whom God has given wealth, and possessions, he has also given him the ability to eat from them, to receive his reward and to find enjoyment in his toil; these things are the gift of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:7 - All of man's labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach - yet his appetite is never satisfied!

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - So I recommend the enjoyment of life, for there is nothing better on earth for a person to do except to eat, drink, and enjoy life. So joy will accompany him in his toil during the days of his life which God gives him on earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - Enjoy life with your beloved wife during all the days of your fleeting life that God has given you on earth during all your fleeting days; for that is your reward in life and in your burdensome work on earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:15 - The toil of a stupid fool wears him out, because he does not even know the way to the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 - Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, those who are always instituting unfair regulations,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:11 - Having suffered, he will reflect on his work, he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done. "My servant will acquit many, for he carried their sins.

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