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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:51 - Joseph named the firstborn [fn]Manasseh; “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my trouble H5999 and all of my father’s household.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:21 -

“He has not looked at misfortune in Jacob;

Nor has He seen trouble H5999 in Israel;

The LORD his God is with him,

And the joyful shout of a king is among them.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:7 - ‘Then we cried out to the LORD, the God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice and saw our wretched condition, our trouble H5999, and our oppression;
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16 - So they removed the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and [fn]He could no longer endure the misery H5999 of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:10 -

Because it did not shut the opening of my mother’s womb,

Or hide trouble H5999 from my eyes.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:8 -

“According to what I have seen, those who [fn]plow wrongdoing

And those who sow trouble H5999 harvest it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 -

“For disaster does not come from the dust,

Nor does trouble H5999 sprout from the ground,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7 -

For man is born for trouble H5999,

As sparks fly upward.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3 -

So I am allotted worthless months,

And nights of trouble H5999 are apportioned to me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:16 -

“For you would forget your trouble H5999;

Like waters that have passed by, you would remember it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 -

“They conceive [fn]harm H5999 and give birth to wrongdoing,

And their [fn]mind prepares deception.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:2 -

“I have heard many things like these;

[fn]Miserable H5999 comforters are you all!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:14 -

Behold, an evil person is pregnant with injustice,

And he conceives harm H5999 and gives birth to lies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:16 -

His harm H5999 will return on his own head,

And his violence will descend on the top of his own head.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 -

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression;

Under his tongue is harm H5999 and injustice.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 -

You have seen it, for You have looked at harm H5999 and provocation to [fn]take it into Your hand.

The [fn]unfortunate commits himself to You;

You have been the helper of the orphan.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:18 -

Look at my misery and my trouble H5999,

And forgive all my sins.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 -

Day and night they go around her upon her walls,

And evil and harm H5999 are in her midst.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:5 -

They are not [fn]in trouble H5999 like other people,

Nor are they tormented together with the rest of mankind.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:16 -

When I thought of understanding this,

It was [fn]troublesome H5999 in my sight

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 -

As for the days of our [fn]life, [fn]they contain seventy years,

Or if due to strength, eighty years,

Yet their pride is only trouble H5999 and tragedy;

For it quickly passes, and we disappear.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 -

Can a [fn]throne of destruction be allied with You,

One which devises [fn]mischief H5999 by decree?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:44 -

He also gave them the lands of the [fn]nations,

So that they might take possession of the fruit of the peoples’ labor H5999,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12 -

Therefore He humbled their heart with labor H5999;

They stumbled and there was no one to help.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:9 -

“As for the head of those who surround me,

May the harm H5999 of their lips cover them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2 -

For their [fn]minds plot violence,

And their lips talk of trouble H5999.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:7 -

Let him drink and forget his poverty,

And remember his trouble H5999 no more.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 -

What advantage does a person have in all his work H5999

Which he does under the sun?

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10 - All that my eyes desired, I did not refuse them. I did not restrain my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor H5999; and this was my reward for all my labor H5999.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - So I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor H5999 which I had [fn]exerted, and behold, all was futility and striving after wind, and there was no benefit under the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18 -

So I hated all the fruit H5999 of H5999 my labor H5999 for which I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit H5999 of H5999 my labor H5999 for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is futility.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20 - Therefore I [fn]completely despaired over all the fruit H5999 of H5999 my labor H5999 for which I had labored under the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - When there is a person who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and then gives his [fn]legacy to one who has not labored for it; this too is futility and a great evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:22 - For what does a person get in all his labor H5999 and in [fn]his striving with which he labors under the sun?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:24 -

There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink, and show [fn]himself some good in his trouble H5999. This too I have seen, that it is from the hand of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:13 - moreover, that every person who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor H5999—this is the gift of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 -

I have seen that every labor H5999 and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a person and his neighbor. This too is futility and striving after wind.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:6 - One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor H5999 and striving after wind.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There was a man without a [fn]dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor H5999. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches, and he never asked, “And for whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure?” This too is futility, and it is an unhappy task.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 -

Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor H5999;

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:15 - As he came naked from his mother’s womb, so he will return as he came. He will take nothing from the fruit H5999 of H5999 his labor H5999 that he can carry in his hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18 -

Here is what I have seen to be good and [fn]fitting: to eat, to drink, and [fn]enjoy oneself in all one’s labor H5999 in which he labors under the sun during the few [fn]years of his life which God has given him; for this is his [fn]reward.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19 - Furthermore, as for every person to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also given him the opportunity to [fn]enjoy them and to receive his [fn]reward and rejoice in his labor H5999; this is the gift of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:7 -

All a person’s labor H5999 is for his mouth, and yet [fn]his appetite is not [fn]satisfied.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a person under the sun except to eat, drink, and be joyful, and this will stand by him in his labor H5999 throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - [fn]Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your futile life which He has given you under the sun, [fn]all the days of your futility; for this is your reward in life and in your work H5999 which you have labored under the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:15 - The labor H5999 of [fn]a fool makes him so weary that he does not even know how to go to a city.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 -

Woe to those who enact unjust statutes

And to those who constantly record [fn]harmful H5999 decisions H5999,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:11 -

As a result of the [fn]anguish H5999 of His soul,

He will [fn]see it and be satisfied;

By His knowledge the Righteous One,

My Servant, will justify the many,

For He will bear their wrongdoings.


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