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Lexicon :: Strong's H5999 - ʿāmāl

Aa
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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:51 - And to the first he gave the name Manasseh, for he said, God has taken away from me all memory of my hard life and of my father's house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:21 - He has seen no evil in Jacob or wrongdoing in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the glad cry of a king is among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:7 - And our cry went up to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord's ear was open to the voice of our cry, and his eyes took note of our grief and the crushing weight of our work:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16 - So they put away the strange gods from among them, and became the Lord's servants; and his soul was angry because of the sorrows of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:10 - Because it did not keep the doors of my mother's body shut, so that trouble might be veiled from my eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:8 - What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7 - But trouble is man's fate from birth, as the flames go up from the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3 - So I have for my heritage months of pain to no purpose, and nights of weariness are given to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:16 - For your sorrow will go from your memory, like waters flowing away:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - Evil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:2 - Such things have frequently come to my ears: you are comforters who only give trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:14 - That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:16 - His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 - You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:18 - Give thought to my grief and my pain; and take away all my sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 - By day and night they go round the town, on the walls; trouble and sorrow are in the heart of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:5 - They are not in trouble as others are; they have no part in the unhappy fate of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:16 - When my thoughts were turned to see the reason of this, it was a weariness in my eyes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - The measure of our life is seventy years; and if through strength it may be eighty years, its pride is only trouble and sorrow, for it comes to an end and we are quickly gone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 - What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:44 - And gave them the lands of the nations; and they took the work of the peoples for a heritage;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12 - So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:9 - As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2 - For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:7 - Let him have drink, and his need will go from his mind, and the memory of his trouble will be gone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 - What is a man profited by all his work which he does under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10 - And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18 - Hate had I for all my work which I had done, because the man who comes after me will have its fruits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who is to say if that man will be wise or foolish? But he will have power over all my work which I have done and in which I have been wise under the sun. This again is to no purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20 - So my mind was turned to grief for all the trouble I had taken and all my wisdom under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - Because there is a man whose work has been done with wisdom, with knowledge, and with an expert hand; but one who has done nothing for it will have it for his heritage. This again is to no purpose and a great evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:22 - What does a man get for all his work, and for the weight of care with which he has done his work under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:24 - There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:13 - And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:6 - One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 - Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:15 - As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18 - This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19 - Every man to whom God has given money and wealth and the power to have pleasure in it and to do his part and have joy in his work: this is given by God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:7 - All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:15 - The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 - Cursed are those who make evil decisions, and the writers who make the records of their cruel acts:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:11 - ... made clear his righteousness before men ... had taken their sins on himself.

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