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Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #6102 - עָצֵל

Transliteration

ʻâtsêl

Phonetics

aw-tsale

Origin

from (H6101)

Parts of Speech

adjective

TWOT

1672a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

sluggish, lazy
1. sluggard (subst)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 43 ‑ ἀγκάλη (ang‑kal'‑ay); 878 ‑ ἄφρων (af'‑rone); 1451 ‑ ἐγγύς (eng‑goos'); 2192 ‑ ἔχω (ekh'‑o); 3636 ‑ ὀκνηρός (ok‑nay‑ros'); 3892 ‑ παρανομία (par‑an‑om‑ee'‑ah);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (13)

Proverbs 13

BSB (13)

Proverbs 14

CSB (13)

Proverbs 14

ESV (13)

Proverbs 14

KJV (14)

Proverbs 14

LEB (14)

Proverbs 14

LSB (14)

Proverbs 14

N95 (15)

Proverbs 15

NAS (28)

Proverbs 15

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (13)

Proverbs 13

ASV (13)

o sluggard 1

of the sluggard 3

so doth the sluggard 1

so is the sluggard 1

the sluggard 6

thou sluggard 1

BSB (13)

is the slacker 1

o slacker 2

of the slacker 2

so the slacker 1

the slacker 7

CSB (13)

a slacker 1

slacker 7

slacker's 2

the slacker 1

you slacker 2

ESV (13)

sluggard 13

KJV (14)

slothful 8

sluggard 6

LEB (14)

a lazy 1

a lazy person 6

and a lazy person 1

is the lazy 1

lazy 2

the lazy 2

the lazy person 1

LSB (14)

sluggard 14

N95 (15)

lazy 2

one 1

sluggard 12

NAS (28)

lazy 14

one 14

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (13)

of the sluggard 3

sluggard 1

so does the sluggard 1

so is the sluggard 1

the sluggard 6

you sluggard 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2568) l y o (אהתסל AhTsL) AC: Lazy CO: ? AB: ?

V) l y o (אהתסל AhTsL) - Lazy: KJV (1): (vf: Niphal) slothful - Strongs: H6101 (עָצַל)

N^m) l y o (אהתסל AhTsL) - Sluggard: KJV (14): sluggard - Strongs: H6102 (עָצֵל)

N^f1) e l y o (אהתסלה AhTsLH) - Laziness: KJV (2): slothfulness - Strongs: H6103 (עַצְלָה)

N^f3) t f l y o (אהתסלות AhTsLWT) - Laziness: KJV (1): idleness - Strongs: H6104 (עַצְלוּת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

עָצֵל₁₄ adjective sluggish, lazy; — always ׳י absolute; — ׳אִישׁעֿ Proverbs 24:30; elsewhere substantive sluggard Proverbs 6:6,9 10t. Prov + ׳הֶע Proverbs 10:26.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

עָצֵל verbal adj. slothful, Proverbs 6:6, 13:4 15:19.

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List of Word Forms

הֶ֝עָצֵ֗ל העצל וְ֝עָצֵ֗ל ועצל עָ֭צֵל עָצֵ֑ל עָצֵ֣ל עָצֵ֥ל ׀ עצל ‘ā·ṣêl ‘āṣêl aTzel he‘āṣêl he·‘ā·ṣêl heaTzel veaTzel wə‘āṣêl wə·‘ā·ṣêl