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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.
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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 - And Joseph H3130 called H7121 the name H8034 of the firstborn H1060 Manasseh: H4519 For God, H430 said he, hath made me forget H5382 all my toil, H5999 and all my father's H1 house. H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:21 - He hath not beheld H5027 iniquity H205 in Jacob, H3290 neither hath he seen H7200 perverseness H5999 in Israel: H3478 the LORD H3068 his God H430 is with him, and the shout H8643 of a king H4428 is among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:7 - And when we cried H6817 unto the LORD H3068 God H430 of our fathers, H1 the LORD H3068 heard H8085 our voice, H6963 and looked H7200 on our affliction, H6040 and our labour, H5999 and our oppression: H3906

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16 - And they put away H5493 the strange H5236 gods H430 from among H7130 them, and served H5647 the LORD: H3068 and his soul H5315 was grieved H7114 for the misery H5999 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:10 - Because it shut not up H5462 the doors H1817 of my mother's womb, H990 nor hid H5641 sorrow H5999 from mine eyes. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:8 - Even as I have seen, H7200 they that plow H2790 iniquity, H205 and sow H2232 wickedness, H5999 reap H7114 the same.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - Although affliction H205 cometh not forth H3318 of the dust, H6083 neither doth trouble H5999 spring out H6779 of the ground; H127

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7 - Yet man H120 is born H3205 unto trouble, H5999 as the sparks H1121 H7565 fly H5774 upward. H1361

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3 - So am I made to possess H5157 months H3391 of vanity, H7723 and wearisome H5999 nights H3915 are appointed H4487 to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:16 - Because thou shalt forget H7911 thy misery, H5999 and remember H2142 it as waters H4325 that pass away: H5674

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - They conceive H2029 mischief, H5999 and bring forth H3205 vanity, H205 and their belly H990 prepareth H3559 deceit. H4820

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:2 - I have heard H8085 many such things: H7227 miserable H5999 comforters H5162 are ye all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:14 - Behold, he travaileth H2254 with iniquity, H205 and hath conceived H2029 mischief, H5999 and brought forth H3205 falsehood. H8267

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:16 - His mischief H5999 shall return H7725 upon his own head, H7218 and his violent H2555 dealing shall come down H3381 upon his own pate. H6936

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - His mouth H6310 is full H4390 of cursing H423 and deceit H4820 and fraud: H8496 under his tongue H3956 is mischief H5999 and vanity. H205

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 - Thou hast seen H7200 it; for thou beholdest H5027 mischief H5999 and spite, H3708 to requite H5414 it with thy hand: H3027 the poor H2489 committeth H5800 himself unto thee; thou art the helper H5826 of the fatherless. H3490

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:18 - Look H7200 upon mine affliction H6040 and my pain; H5999 and forgive H5375 all my sins. H2403

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 - Day H3119 and night H3915 they go about H5437 it upon the walls H2346 thereof: mischief H205 also and sorrow H5999 are in the midst H7130 of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:5 - They are not in trouble H5999 as other men; H582 neither are they plagued H5060 like H5973 other men. H120

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:16 - When I thought H2803 to know H3045 this, it was too painful H5999 for me; H5869

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - The days H3117 of our years H8141 are threescore H7657 ➔ years H8141 and ten; H7657 and if by reason of strength H1369 they be fourscore H8084 years, H8141 yet is their strength H7296 labour H5999 and sorrow; H205 for it is soon H2440 cut off, H1468 and we fly away. H5774

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 - Shall the throne H3678 of iniquity H1942 have fellowship H2266 with thee, which frameth H3335 mischief H5999 by a law? H2706

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:44 - And gave H5414 them the lands H776 of the heathen: H1471 and they inherited H3423 the labour H5999 of the people; H3816

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12 - Therefore he brought down H3665 their heart H3820 with labour; H5999 they fell down, H3782 and there was none to help. H5826

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:9 - As for the head H7218 of those that compass me about, H4524 let the mischief H5999 of their own lips H8193 cover H3680 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2 - For their heart H3820 studieth H1897 destruction, H7701 and their lips H8193 talk H1696 of mischief. H5999

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:7 - Let him drink, H8354 and forget H7911 his poverty, H7389 and remember H2142 his misery H5999 no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 - What profit H3504 hath a man H120 of all his labour H5999 which he taketh H5998 under the sun? H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10 - And whatsoever mine eyes H5869 desired H7592 I kept H680 not from them, I withheld H4513 not my heart H3820 from any joy; H8057 for my heart H3820 rejoiced H8056 in all my labour: H5999 and this was my portion H2506 of all my labour. H5999

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - Then I looked H6437 on all the works H4639 that my hands H3027 had wrought, H6213 and on the labour H5999 that I had laboured H5998 to do: H6213 and, behold, all was vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit, H7307 and there was no profit H3504 under the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18 - Yea, I hated H8130 all my labour H5999 which I had taken H6001 under the sun: H8121 because I should leave H3240 it unto the man H120 that shall be after H310 me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who knoweth H3045 whether he shall be a wise H2450 man or a fool? H5530 yet shall he have rule H7980 over all my labour H5999 wherein I have laboured, H5998 and wherein I have shewed myself wise H2449 under the sun. H8121 This is also vanity. H1892

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20 - Therefore I went about H5437 to cause H2976 ➔ my heart H3820 to despair H2976 of all the labour H5999 which I took H5998 under the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - For there is H3426 a man H120 whose labour H5999 is in wisdom, H2451 and in knowledge, H1847 and in equity; H3788 yet to a man H120 that hath not laboured H5998 therein shall he leave H5414 it for his portion. H2506 This also is vanity H1892 and a great H7227 evil. H7451

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:22 - For what hath H1933 man H120 of all his labour, H5999 and of the vexation H7475 of his heart, H3820 wherein H1931 he hath laboured H6001 under the sun? H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:24 - There is nothing better H2896 for a man, H120 than that he should eat H398 and drink, H8354 and that he should make his soul H5315 enjoy H7200 good H2896 in his labour. H5999 This H2090 also I saw, H7200 that it was from the hand H3027 of God. H430

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:13 - And also that every man H120 should eat H398 and drink, H8354 and enjoy H7200 the good H2896 of all his labour, H5999 it is the gift H4991 of God. H430

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - Again, I considered H7200 all travail, H5999 and every right H3788 work, H4639 that for this a man H376 is envied H7068 of his neighbour. H7453 This is also vanity H1892 and vexation H7469 of spirit. H7307

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:6 - Better H2896 is an handful H3709 with quietness, H5183 than both the hands H2651 full H4393 with travail H5999 and vexation H7469 of spirit. H7307

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There is H3426 one H259 alone, and there is not a second; H8145 yea, he hath neither child H1121 nor brother: H251 yet is there no end H7093 of all his labour; H5999 neither is his eye H5869 satisfied H7646 with riches; H6239 neither saith he, For whom do I labour, H6001 and bereave H2637 my soul H5315 of good? H2896 This is also vanity, H1892 yea, it is a sore H7451 travail. H6045

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 - Two H8147 are better H2896 than one; H259 because they have H3426 a good H2896 reward H7939 for their labour. H5999

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:15 - As he came forth H3318 of his mother's H517 womb, H990 naked H6174 shall he return H7725 to go H3212 as he came, H935 and shall take H5375 nothing H3972 of his labour, H5999 which he may carry away H3212 in his hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18 - Behold that which I have seen: H7200 it is good H2896 and comely H3303 for one to eat H398 and to drink, H8354 and to enjoy H7200 the good H2896 of all his labour H5999 that he taketh H5998 under the sun H8121 all H4557 the days H3117 of his life, H2416 which God H430 giveth H5414 him: for it is his portion. H2506

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19 - Every man H120 also to whom God H430 hath given H5414 riches H6239 and wealth, H5233 and hath given him power H7980 to eat H398 thereof, and to take H5375 his portion, H2506 and to rejoice H8055 in his labour; H5999 this H2090 is the gift H4991 of God. H430

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:7 - All the labour H5999 of man H120 is for his mouth, H6310 and yet the appetite H5315 is not filled. H4390

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - Then I commended H7623 mirth, H8057 because a man H120 hath no better thing H2896 under the sun, H8121 than to eat, H398 and to drink, H8354 and to be merry: H8055 for that shall abide H3867 with him of his labour H5999 the days H3117 of his life, H2416 which God H430 giveth H5414 him under the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - Live H2416 joyfully H7200 with the wife H802 whom thou lovest H157 all the days H3117 of the life H2416 of thy vanity, H1892 which he hath given H5414 thee under the sun, H8121 all the days H3117 of thy vanity: H1892 for that is thy portion H2506 in this life, H2416 and in thy labour H5999 which thou takest H6001 under the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:15 - The labour H5999 of the foolish H3684 wearieth H3021 every one of them, because he knoweth H3045 not how to go H3212 to the city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 - Woe H1945 unto them that decree H2710 unrighteous H205 decrees, H2711 and that write H3789 grievousness H5999 which they have prescribed; H3789

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:11 - He shall see H7200 of the travail H5999 of his soul, H5315 and shall be satisfied: H7646 by his knowledge H1847 shall my righteous H6662 servant H5650 justify H6663 many; H7227 for he shall bear H5445 their iniquities. H5771

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