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Lexicon :: Strong's H6089 - ʿēṣeḇ

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עֵצֶב
Transliteration
ʿēṣeḇ
Pronunciation
eh'-tseb
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1666a,1667a

Strong’s Definitions

עֶצֶב ʻetseb, eh'-tseb; from H6087; an earthen vessel; usually (painful) toil; also a pang (whether of body or mind):—grievous, idol, labor, sorrow.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's H6089 in the following manner: sorrow (3x), labour (2x), grievous (1x), idol (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's H6089 in the following manner: sorrow (3x), labour (2x), grievous (1x), idol (1x).

  1. pain, hurt, toil, sorrow, labour, hardship

    1. pain

    2. hurt, offense

    3. toil, hardship

  2. vessel, creation, object

  3. (TWOT) idol

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֶצֶב ʻetseb, eh'-tseb; from H6087; an earthen vessel; usually (painful) toil; also a pang (whether of body or mind):—grievous, idol, labor, sorrow.
STRONGS H6089: Abbreviations
† I. עֶ֫צֶב noun [masculine] pain, hurt, toil; —
1. ע׳ pain Genesis 3:16 (of travail), Proverbs 10:22.
2. hurt (of mind), דְּבַרעֿ׳ Proverbs 15:1 a word that hurts (opposed to מַעֲנֶהרַֿךְ).
3. toil Proverbs 14:23; pluralלֶחֶם הָעֲצָבִים Psalm 127:2 bread of (gained by) toils; suffix עֲצָבֶיךָ Proverbs 5:10.

† II. עֶ֫צֶב noun masculine vessel (as fashioned); — י׳ נִבְזֶה וגו׳ Jeremiah 22:28 a vessel despised, etc. (figurative of Coniah = Jehoiachin).
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

3:16

Psalms

127:2

Proverbs

5:10; 10:22; 14:23; 15:1

Jeremiah

22:28

H6089

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6089 matches the Hebrew עֵצֶב (ʿēṣeḇ),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:16 - To the woman he said,
“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
in pain you shall bring forth children.
Your desire shall be contrary to[fn] your husband,
but he shall rule over you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:2 - It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious toil;
for he gives to his beloved sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:10 - lest strangers take their fill of your strength,
and your labors go to the house of a foreigner,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:22 - The blessing of the LORD makes rich,
and he adds no sorrow with it.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:23 - In all toil there is profit,
but mere talk tends only to poverty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:1 - A soft answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:28 - Is this man Coniah a despised, broken pot,
a vessel no one cares for?
Why are he and his children hurled and cast
into a land that they do not know?
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