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Strong's #5999 - עָמָל

Transliteration
ʻâmâl
Phonetics
aw-mawl'
Origin
from (H5998)
Parts of Speech
Noun
TWOT
1639a
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) toil, trouble, labour

1a) trouble

1b) trouble, mischief

1c) toil, labour

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 2553 ‑ κακοπαθέω (kak‑op‑ath‑eh'‑o);  2556 ‑ κακός (kak‑os');  2872 ‑ κοπιάω (kop‑ee‑ah'‑o);  2873 ‑ κόπος (kop'‑os);  3449 ‑ μόχθος (mokh'‑thos);  3601 ‑ ὀδύνη (od‑oo'‑nay);  4160 ‑ ποιέω (poy‑eh'‑o);  4189 ‑ πονηρία (pon‑ay‑ree'‑ah);  4192 ‑ πόνος (pon'‑os);  770 ‑ ἀσθενέω (as‑then‑eh'‑o);  1587 ‑ ἐκλείπω (ek‑li'‑po);  2758 ‑ κενόω (ken‑o'‑o);  3996 ‑ πενθέω (pen‑theh'‑o);  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (55)
Genesis 1
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 1
Judges 1
Job 8
Psalms 13
Proverbs 2
Ecclesiastes 22
Isaiah 3
Jeremiah 1
Habakkuk 2
NAS (59)
Genesis 1
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 1
Judges 1
Job 8
Psalms 13
Proverbs 2
Ecclesiastes 25
Isaiah 4
Jeremiah 1
Habakkuk 2
HCS (55)
Genesis 1
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 1
Judges 1
Job 8
Psalms 13
Proverbs 2
Ecclesiastes 22
Isaiah 3
Jeremiah 1
Habakkuk 2
BSB (55)
Genesis 1
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 1
Judges 1
Job 8
Psalms 13
Proverbs 2
Ecclesiastes 22
Isaiah 3
Jeremiah 1
Habakkuk 2
ESV (52)
Genesis 1
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 1
Judges 1
Job 8
Psalms 13
Proverbs 1
Ecclesiastes 22
Isaiah 1
Jeremiah 1
Habakkuk 2
WEB (59)
Genesis 1
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 1
Judges 1
Job 8
Psalms 13
Proverbs 2
Ecclesiastes 26
Isaiah 3
Jeremiah 1
Habakkuk 2
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2551) lmo (אהמל AhML) AC: Labor CO: Laborer AB: ?: [from: lo- work]

V) lmo (אהמל AhML) - Labor: KJV (11): (vf: Paal) labour - Strongs: H5998 (עָמַל)

Nm/f) lmo (אהמל AhML) - I. Labor:A labor that causes grief, pain or weariness. II. Laborer:KJV (64): labour, mischief, misery, travail, trouble, sorrow, grievance, grievousness, iniquity, miserable, pain, painful, perverseness, toil, wearisome, wickedness - Strongs: H5999 (עָמָל), H6001 (עָמֵל)

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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 I. עָמָל noun masculine Job 4:8 feminine Ecclesiastes 10:15 (against Albr ZAW xvi (1896), 113, see Kö Synt. § 249 m) trouble, labour, toil (on this form as abstract see Lag BN 143 Ba NB 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 לעיוּלָּד 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 (q. v.) 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.


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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

עָמָל m. (once f. Ecclesiastes 10:15)

(1)  heavy, wearisome labour, Ecclesiastes 1:3, 2:11 used figuratively of the mind, Psalms 73:16.

(2) the produce of labour, Psalms 105:44; Ecclesiastes 2:19.

(3) weariness, trouble, vexation, Gr. κάματος, πόνος, Genesis 41:51; Deuteronomy 26:7; Job 3:10, 16:2, מְנַחֲמֶי עָמָל “troublesome comforters.” Isaiah 53:11, מֵעֲמַל נַפְשׁוֹ “of the sorrow (or anguish) of his soul.” It is rendered by some, sin, wickedness (i.q. אָוֶן), Numbers 23:21; Isaiah 10:1 but the signification of vexation is not unsuitable in both places.

(4) [Amal], pr.n. m. 1 Chronicles 7:35.


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List of Word Forms
בֶּעָמָ֣ל בַּעֲמַ֣ל בַּעֲמַ֥ל בַּעֲמָל֑וֹ בַּעֲמָלָֽם׃ בַעֲמָל֔וֹ בַעֲמָל֗וֹ בעמל בעמלו בעמלם׃ הֶ֣עָמָ֔ל העמל וְ֝עָמָ֗ל וְעָמָ֣ל וַ֝עֲמָל֗וֹ וַעֲמַ֖ל וַעֲמָלִ֑י וּבֶֽעָמָ֖ל וּבַעֲמָ֣לְךָ֔ ובעמל ובעמלך ועמל ועמלו ועמלי לְעָמָ֣ל לעמל מֵעֲמַ֤ל מעמל עֲמַ֖ל עֲמַ֥ל עֲמָל֑וֹ עֲמָל֔וֹ עֲמָל֣וֹ עֲמָל֣וֹ ׀ עֲמָלִ֔י עֲמָלִֽי׃ עֲמָלֵ֖נוּ עָ֘מָ֤ל עָ֝מָ֗ל עָ֭מָל עָמָ֖ל עָמָ֗ל עָמָ֣ל עָמָ֥ל עָמָֽל׃ עמל עמל׃ עמלו עמלי עמלי׃ עמלנו שֶׁעֲמָל֛וֹ שעמלו ‘ă·mā·lê·nū ‘ă·mā·lî ‘ă·mā·lōw ‘ă·mal ‘ā·māl ‘ămal ‘āmāl ‘ămālênū ‘ămālî ‘ămālōw aMal amaLenu amaLi amaLo Amol ba‘ămal ba‘ămālām ba‘ămālōw ḇa‘ămālōw ba·‘ă·mā·lām ba·‘ă·mā·lōw ḇa·‘ă·mā·lōw ba·‘ă·mal baaMal baamaLam baamaLo be‘āmāl be·‘ā·māl beaMal he‘āmāl he·‘ā·māl heaMal lə‘āmāl lə·‘ā·māl leaMal mê‘ămal mê·‘ă·mal meaMal še‘ămālōw še·‘ă·mā·lōw sheamaLo ū·ḇa·‘ă·mā·lə·ḵā ū·ḇe·‘ā·māl ūḇa‘ămāləḵā ūḇe‘āmāl uvaaMalcha uveaMal vaaMal vaamaLi vaamaLo veaMal wa‘ămal wa‘ămālî wa‘ămālōw wa·‘ă·mā·lî wa·‘ă·mā·lōw wa·‘ă·mal wə‘āmāl wə·‘ā·māl
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