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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.
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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 - Yosef called the name of the firstborn Menashsheh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:21 - He has not saw iniquity in Ya`akov; Neither has he seen perverseness in Yisra'el: The LORD his God is with him, The shout of a king is among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16 - They put away the foreign gods from among them, and served the LORD; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:10 - Because it didn't shut up the doors of my mother's womb, Nor did it hide trouble 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 sow trouble, Reap the same.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - For affliction doesn't come forth from the dust, Neither does trouble spring out of the ground;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7 - But man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3 - So am I made to possess months of misery, Wearisome nights are appointed to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:16 - For you shall forget your misery; You shall remember it as waters that are passed away,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:2 - "I have heard many such things. Miserable comforters are you all!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:14 - Behold, he travails with iniquity; Yes, he has conceived mischief, And brought forth falsehood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:16 - The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 - But you do see trouble and grief; You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:18 - Consider my affliction and my travail. Forgive all my sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 - Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:5 - They are free from burdens of men, Neither are they plagued like other men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:16 - When I tried to understand this, It was too painful for me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - The days of our years are seventy, Or even by reason of strength eighty years; Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, For it passes quickly, and we fly away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 - Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, Which brings about mischief by statute?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:44 - He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12 - Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, 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, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2 - For their hearts plot violence, And their lips talk about mischief.

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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 misery no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 - What does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10 - Whatever my eyes desired, I didn't keep from them. I didn't withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a chasing 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 - I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20 - Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:22 - For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart, in 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 that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:13 - Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:6 - Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment? This also is vanity, yes, it is a miserable business.

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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 reward for their labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:15 - As he came forth from his mother's womb, naked shall he go again as he came, and shall take nothing for his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18 - Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19 - Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor -- this is the gift of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:7 - All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all 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 - Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in life, and in your labor in which you labor under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:15 - The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn't know how to go to the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 - Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write perverseness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:11 - He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities.

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