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Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #6101 - עָצַל
Transliteration
ʻâtsal
Phonetics
aw-tsal'
Origin
a primitive root
Parts of Speech
verb
TWOT
1672
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- (Niphal) to be sluggish
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results
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BSB (1)
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CSB (1)
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ESV (1)
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KJV (1)
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LEB (1)
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LSB (1)
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N95 (1)
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NAS (1)
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NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (1)
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Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
2568) lyo (אהתסל AhTsL) AC: Lazy CO: ? AB: ?
V) lyo (אהתסל AhTsL) - Lazy: KJV (1): (vf: Niphal) slothful - Strongs: H6101 (עָצַל)
Nm) lyo (אהתסל AhTsL) - Sluggard: KJV (14): sluggard - Strongs: H6102 (עָצֵל)
Nf1) elyo (אהתסלה AhTsLH) - Laziness: KJV (2): slothfulness - Strongs: H6103 (עַצְלָה)
Nf3) tflyo (אהתסלות AhTsLWT) - Laziness: KJV (1): idleness - Strongs: H6104 (עַצְלוּת)
AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2025
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
[עָצֵל] verb Niph`al be sluggish (Late Hebrew in derived species, and derivatives; compare Arabic 
III. stick fast in coitu, Lane2086; Syriac 
be stupid); — Imperfect 2 masculine plural אַלתֵּֿעָֽצְלוּ לָלֶכֶת Judges 18:9 be not sluggish in going.
III. stick fast in coitu, Lane2086; Syriac be stupid); — Imperfect 2 masculine plural אַלתֵּֿעָֽצְלוּ לָלֶכֶת Judges 18:9 be not sluggish in going.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
עָצַל a root not used in Kal. (Arab. عطل to be at leisure, Conj. II., to leave, to neglect. The primary idea appears to be that of laxity and languor; compare דָּלַל, חָדַל, خطل).
Niphal, to be slothful, Judges 18:9.
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List of Word Forms
תֵּעָ֣צְל֔וּ תעצלו tê‘āṣəlū tê·‘ā·ṣə·lū teAtzeLu
