Atsel עָצֵל

Atsel (Hebrew עָצֵל, Strong's H6102) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “sluggish”. It occurs 14 times in 14 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Laziness

Verses

Every verse with Atsel, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Proverbs

• Proverbs 6:6
  Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
• Proverbs 6:9
  How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
• Proverbs 10:26
  As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
• Proverbs 13:4
  The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
• Proverbs 15:19
  The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
• Proverbs 19:24
  A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.
• Proverbs 20:4
  The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
• Proverbs 21:25
  The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
• Proverbs 22:13
  The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
• Proverbs 24:30
  I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
• Proverbs 26:13
  The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
• Proverbs 26:14
  As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
• Proverbs 26:15
  The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
• Proverbs 26:16
  The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).