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Lexicon :: Strong's H6001 - ʿāmēl

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עָמֵל
Transliteration
ʿāmēl
Pronunciation
aw-male'
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Part of Speech
verbal adjective, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1639b,1639c

Strong’s Definitions

עָמֵל ʻâmêl, aw-male'; from H5998; toiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively, sorrowful:—that laboureth, that is a misery, had taken (labour), wicked, workman.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H6001 in the following manner: labour (4x), take (2x), workman (1x), misery (1x), wicked (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H6001 in the following manner: labour (4x), take (2x), workman (1x), misery (1x), wicked (1x).
masculine noun

  1. labourer, sufferer, wretched one

    1. labourer, workman

    2. sufferer

      verbal adjective

  2. toiling

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָמֵל ʻâmêl, aw-male'; from H5998; toiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively, sorrowful:—that laboureth, that is a misery, had taken (labour), wicked, workman.
STRONGS H6001: Abbreviations
† I. עָמֵל noun masculineProverbs 16:26 labourer, sufferer; — ע׳ Proverbs 16:26 + 2 times; plural עֲמֵלִים Judges 5:26; —
1. labourer, workman: Judges 5:26; Proverbs 16:26.
2. sufferer, Job 3:20 (|| מָרֵי נֶפֶשׁ), Job 20:22.

† II. עָמֵל verbal adjective toiling, only Ecclesiastes, as predicate; — Ecclesiastes 2:18, 22; Ecclesiastes 3:9; Ecclesiastes 4:8; Ecclesiastes 9:9.

See related Strong's entry H5999.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

5:26; 5:26

Job

3:20; 20:22

Proverbs

16:26; 16:26; 16:26

Ecclesiastes

2:18; 2:22; 3:9; 4:8; 9:9

H6001

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6001 matches the Hebrew עָמֵל (ʿāmēl),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:26 - She sent her hand to the tent peg
and her right hand to the workmen’s mallet;
she struck Sisera;
she crushed his head;
she shattered and pierced his temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:20 - “Why is light given to him who is in misery,
and life to the bitter in soul,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:22 - In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress;
the hand of everyone in misery will come against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:26 - A worker’s appetite works for him;
his mouth urges him on.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18 - I hated all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will come after me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:22 - What has a man from all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:9 - What gain has the worker from his toil?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain[fn] life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.
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