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Lexicon :: Strong's H6045 - ʿinyān

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עִנְיָן
Transliteration
ʿinyān
Pronunciation
in-yawn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1651a

Strong’s Definitions

עִנְיָן ʻinyân, in-yawn'; from H6031; ado, i.e. (generally) employment or (specifically) an affair:—business, travail.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H6045 in the following manner: travail (6x), business (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H6045 in the following manner: travail (6x), business (2x).

  1. occupation, task, job

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עִנְיָן ʻinyân, in-yawn'; from H6031; ado, i.e. (generally) employment or (specifically) an affair:—business, travail.
STRONGS H6045: Abbreviations
† עִנְיָן noun masculineEcclesiastes 1:13 occupation, task, only Ecclesiastes (Aramaic loan-word LagBN 205; common in Late Hebrew); — ע׳ absolute Ecclesiastes 2:26; Ecclesiastes 3:10; Ecclesiastes 5:2; Ecclesiastes 8:16; suffix כַּעַס עִנְיָנוֺ Ecclesiastes 2:23 his task is (sheer) vexation; עִנְיָן רָע Ecclesiastes 1:13 an evil (worthless) task, so Ecclesiastes 4:8 (Masora עִנְיַן as if construct, see Baer1, 13; but Köii, 1, 99), and, in weakened sense, Ecclesiastes 5:13 [Ecclesiastes 5:14] a bad business, bad affair.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ecclesiastes

1:13; 1:13; 2:23; 2:26; 3:10; 4:8; 5:2; 5:14; 8:16

H6045

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6045 matches the Hebrew עִנְיָן (ʿinyān),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:13

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I applied my mind to examine and explore through wisdom all that is done under heaven. God has given people[fn] this miserable task to keep them occupied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:23

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For all his days are filled with grief, and his occupation is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:26

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For to the person who is pleasing in his sight, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God’s sight. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:10

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I have seen the task that God has given the children of Adam to keep them occupied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:8

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There is a person without a companion,[fn] without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches. “Who am I struggling for,” he asks, “and depriving myself of good things? ” This too is futile and a miserable task.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:3

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Just as dreams accompany much labor, so also a fool’s voice comes with many words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:14

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That wealth was lost in a bad venture, so when he fathered a son, he was empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:16

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When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the activity that is done on the earth (even though one’s eyes do not close in sleep day or night),

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