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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.
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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 H3130 named H7121 H8034 the firstborn H1060 [fn]Manasseh H4519; “For,” he said, “God H430 has made me forget H5382 all H3605 my trouble H5999 and all H3605 of my father’s H1 household H1004.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:21 -

“He has not looked H5027 at H5027 misfortune H205 in Jacob H3290;

Nor H3808 has He seen H7200 trouble H5999 in Israel H3478;

The LORD H3068 his God H430 is with him,

And the joyful H8643 shout H8643 of a king H4428 is among them.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:7 - ‘Then we cried H6817 out H6817 to the LORD H3068, the God H430 of our fathers H1, and the LORD H3068 heard H8085 our voice H6963 and saw H7200 our wretched H6040 condition H6040, our trouble H5999, and our oppression H3906;
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16 - So they removed H5493 the foreign H5236 gods H430 from among H7130 them and served H5647 the LORD H3068; and [fn]He could H7114 no H7114 longer H7114 endure H7114 the misery H5999 of Israel H3478.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:10 -

Because H3588 it did not shut H5462 the opening H1817 of my mother’s womb H990,

Or hide H5641 trouble H5999 from my eyes H5869.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:8 -

“According to what H834 I have seen H7200, those who [fn]plow H2790 wrongdoing H205

And those who sow H2232 trouble H5999 harvest H7114 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 -

“For disaster H205 does not come H3318 from the dust H6083,

Nor H3808 does trouble H5999 sprout H6779 from the ground H127,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7 -

For man H120 is born H3205 for trouble H5999,

As sparks H1121 H7565 fly H5774 upward H1361.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3 -

So H3651 I am allotted H5157 worthless H7723 months H3391,

And nights H3915 of trouble H5999 are apportioned H4487 to me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:16 -

“For you would forget H7911 your trouble H5999;

Like waters H4325 that have passed H5674 by H5674, you would remember H2142 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 -

“They conceive H2029 [fn]harm H5999 and give H3205 birth H3205 to wrongdoing H205,

And their [fn]mind H990 prepares H3559 deception H4820.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:2 -

“I have heard H8085 many H7227 things H7227 like these H428;

[fn]Miserable H5999 comforters H5162 are you all H3605!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:14 -

Behold H2009, an evil person is H2254 pregnant H2254 with injustice H205,

And he conceives H2029 harm H5999 and gives H3205 birth H3205 to lies H8267.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:16 -

His harm H5999 will return H7725 on his own head H7218,

And his violence H2555 will descend H3381 on the top H6936 of H6936 his own head H6936.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 -

His mouth H6310 is full H4390 of cursing H423, deceit H4820, and oppression H8496;

Under H8478 his tongue H3956 is harm H5999 and injustice H205.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 -

You have seen H7200 it, for You have looked H5027 at harm H5999 and provocation H3708 to [fn]take H5414 it into Your hand H3027.

The [fn]unfortunate H2489 commits H5800 himself to You;

You have been H1961 the helper H5826 of the orphan H3490.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:18 -

Look H7200 at H7200 my misery H6040 and my trouble H5999,

And forgive H5375 all H3605 my sins H2403.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 -

Day H3119 and night H3915 they go H5437 around H5437 her upon her walls H2346,

And evil H205 and harm H5999 are in her midst H7130.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:5 -

They are not [fn]in trouble H5999 like other people H582,

Nor H3808 are they tormented H5060 together H5973 with H5973 the rest of mankind H120.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:16 -

When I thought H2803 of understanding H3045 this H2088,

It was [fn]troublesome H5999 in my sight H5869

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 -

As for the days H3117 of our [fn]life H8141, [fn]they contain seventy H7657 years H8141,

Or if H518 due to strength H1369, eighty H8084 years H8141,

Yet their pride H7296 is only trouble H5999 and tragedy H205;

For it quickly H2439 passes H1468, and we disappear H5774.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 -

Can a [fn]throne H3678 of destruction H1942 be allied H2266 with You,

One which devises H3335 [fn]mischief H5999 by decree H2706?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:44 -

He also gave H5414 them the lands H776 of the [fn]nations H1471,

So that they might take H3423 possession H3423 of the fruit of the peoples’ H3816 labor H5999,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12 -

Therefore He humbled H3665 their heart H3820 with labor H5999;

They stumbled H3782 and there H369 was H369 no H369 one H369 to help H5826.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:9 -

“As for the head H7218 of those who surround H5437 me,

May the harm H5999 of their lips H8193 cover H3680 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:2 -

For their [fn]minds H3820 plot H1897 violence H7701,

And their lips H8193 talk H1696 of trouble H5999.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:7 -

Let him drink H8354 and forget H7911 his poverty H7389,

And remember H2142 his trouble H5999 no H3808 more H5750.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 -

What H4100 advantage H3504 does a person H120 have in all H3605 his work H5999

Which H7945 he does H5998 under H8478 the sun H8121?

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:10 - All H3605 that my eyes H5869 desired H7592, I did not refuse H680 them. I did not restrain H4513 my heart H3820 from any H3605 pleasure H8057, for my heart H3820 was pleased H8056 because H4480 of all H3605 my labor H5999; and this H2088 was my reward H2506 for all H3605 my labor H5999.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - So I considered H6437 all H3605 my activities H4639 which H7945 my hands H3027 had done H6213 and the labor H5999 which H7945 I had [fn]exerted H6213, and behold H2009, all H3605 was futility H1892 and striving H7469 after wind H7307, and there H369 was H369 no H369 benefit H3504 under H8478 the sun H8121.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18 -

So I hated H8130 all H3605 the fruit H5999 of H5999 my labor H5999 for which H7945 I had labored H6001 under H8478 the sun H8121, because I must leave H5117 it to the man H120 who H7945 will come H1961 after H310 me.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who H4310 knows H3045 whether he will be wise H2450 or H176 a fool H5530? Yet he will have H7980 control H7980 over H7980 all H3605 the fruit H5999 of H5999 my labor H5999 for which H7945 I have labored H5998 by acting H2449 wisely H2449 under H8478 the sun H8121. This H2088 too H1571 is futility H1892.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20 - Therefore I [fn]completely H5437 H3820 despaired H2976 over H5921 all H3605 the fruit H5999 of H5999 my labor H5999 for which H7945 I had labored H5998 under H8478 the sun H8121.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - When H3588 there H3426 is H3426 a person H120 who H7945 has labored H5998 with wisdom H2451, knowledge H1847, and skill H3788, and then gives H5414 his [fn]legacy H2506 to one H120 who H7945 has not labored H5998 for it; this H2088 too H1571 is futility H1892 and a great H7227 evil H7451.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:22 - For what H4100 does a person H120 get H1933 in all H3605 his labor H5999 and in [fn]his striving H7475 with which H7945 he labors H6001 under H8478 the sun H8121?
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:24 -

There H369 is H369 nothing H369 better H2896 for a person H120 than to eat H398 and drink H8354, and show H7200 [fn]himself H5315 some good H2896 in his trouble H5999. This H2090 too H1571 I have seen H7200, that it is from the hand H3027 of God H430.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:13 - moreover H1571, that every H3605 person H120 who H7945 eats H398 and drinks H8354 sees H7200 good H2896 in all H3605 his labor H5999—this is the gift H4991 of God H430.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 -

I have seen H7200 that every H3605 labor H5999 and every H3605 skill H3788 which is done H4639 is the result of rivalry H7068 between a person H376 and his neighbor H7453. This H2088 too H1571 is futility H1892 and striving H7469 after wind H7307.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:6 - One hand H3709 full H4393 of rest H5183 is better H2896 than H4480 two fists H2651 full H4393 of labor H5999 and striving H7469 after wind H7307.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There H3426 was H3426 a man H259 without H369 a [fn]dependent H8145, having H369 neither H1571 H369 a son H1121 nor H369 a brother H251, yet there H369 was H369 no H369 end H7093 to all H3605 his labor H5999. Indeed H1571, his eyes H5869 were H7646 not satisfied H7646 with riches H6239, and he never asked, “And for whom H4310 do I labor H6001 and deprive H2637 myself H5315 of pleasure H2896?” This H2088 too H1571 is futility H1892, and it is an unhappy H7451 task H6045.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 -

Two H8147 are better H2896 than H4480 one H259 because H834 they have H3426 a good H2896 return H7725 for their labor H5999;

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:15 - As he came H3318 naked H6174 from his mother’s H517 womb H990, so he will return H7725 H1980 as he came H935. He will take H5375 nothing H3972 H3808 from the fruit H5999 of H5999 his labor H5999 that he can carry H1980 in his hand H3027.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18 -

Here H2009 is what H834 I have seen H7200 to be good H2896 and [fn]fitting H3303: to eat H398, to drink H8354, and [fn]enjoy H7200 H2896 oneself in all H3605 one’s labor H5999 in which H7945 he labors H5998 under H8478 the sun H8121 during the few H4557 [fn]years H3117 of his life H2416 which H834 God H430 has given H5414 him; for this H1931 is his [fn]reward H2506.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:19 - Furthermore H1571, as for every H3605 person H120 to whom H834 God H430 has given H5414 riches H6239 and wealth H5233, He has also given H7980 him the H7980 opportunity H7980 to [fn]enjoy H398 them and to receive H5375 his [fn]reward H2506 and rejoice H8055 in his labor H5999; this H2090 is the gift H4991 of God H430.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:7 -

All H3605 a person’s H120 labor H5999 is for his mouth H6310, and yet H1571 [fn]his appetite H5315 is not [fn]satisfied H4390.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - So I commended H7623 pleasure H8057, for there H369 is H369 nothing H369 good H2896 for a person H120 under H8478 the sun H8121 except H3588 H518 to eat H398, drink H8354, and be H8055 joyful H8055, and this H1931 will stand H3867 by him in his labor H5999 throughout the days H3117 of his life H2416 which H834 God H430 has given H5414 him under H8478 the sun H8121.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - [fn]Enjoy H7200 life H2416 with the wife H802 whom H834 you love H157 all H3605 the days H3117 of your futile H1892 life H2416 which H834 He has given H5414 you under H8478 the sun H8121, [fn]all H3605 the days H3117 of your futility H1892; for this H1931 is your reward H2506 in life H2416 and in your work H5999 which H834 you have labored H6001 under H8478 the sun H8121.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:15 - The labor H5999 of [fn]a fool H3684 makes him so weary H3021 that he does not even know H3045 how to go H1980 to a city H5892.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 -

Woe H1945 to those who enact H2710 unjust H205 statutes H2706

And to those who constantly H3789 record H3789 [fn]harmful H5999 decisions H5999,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:11 -

As a result H4480 of the [fn]anguish H5999 of His soul H5315,

He will [fn]see H7200 it and be H7646 satisfied H7646;

By His knowledge H1847 the Righteous H6662 One H6662,

My Servant H5650, will justify H6663 the many H7227,

For He will bear H5445 their wrongdoings H5771.


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