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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

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:13 - And I applied my heart[fn] to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23 - For all his days are full of sorrow, and his work is a vexation. Even in the night his heart does not rest. This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26 - For to the one who pleases him God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given the business of gathering and collecting, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:10 - I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - one person who has no other, either son or brother, yet there is no end to all his toil, and his eyes are never satisfied with riches, so that he never asks, “For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:3 - For a dream comes with much business, and a fool’s voice with many words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:14 - and those riches were lost in a bad venture. And he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:16 - When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on earth, how neither day nor night do one’s eyes see sleep,
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