Amel עָמֵל
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| עָמֵל | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | amel |
| Strong's number | H6001 (H6001B, H6001A) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | laborious |
| Occurrences | 9 in 9 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ecclesiastes (5) |
Amel (Hebrew עָמֵל, Strong's H6001) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “laborious”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H6001B: laborious
adj v
toiling
toiling
H6001A: labour(er)
1) labourer, sufferer, wretched one
1a) labourer, workman
1b) sufferer
1a) labourer, workman
1b) sufferer
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | laboureth (2), workmen's (1), misery (1), wicked (1), taken (1), laboured (1), labour (1), takest (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | toil (2), workman's (1), miserable (1), misery (1), worker's (1), he labors (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Amel, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Judges
- Judges 5:26She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.
Job
- Job 3:20Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
- Job 20:22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 16:26He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 2:18Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
- Ecclesiastes 2:22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 3:9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?What does the worker gain from his toil?
- Ecclesiastes 4:8There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
- Ecclesiastes 9:9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).