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Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #6103 - עַצְלָה

Transliteration

ʻatslâh

Phonetics

ats-law'

Origin

from (H6102)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TWOT

1672b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

sluggishness, laziness

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1167 ‑ δειλία (di‑lee'‑ah);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

BSB (2)

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

CSB (2)

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

ESV (2)

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

KJV (2)

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

LEB (2)

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

LSB (2)

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

N95 (2)

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

NAS (3)

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

NLT (0)

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

WEB (2)

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 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

עֵצְלָה noun feminine sluggishness; — ׳י Proverbs 19:15; dual intensive עֲצַלְתַּיִם Ecclesiastes 10:18 double (i.e. great) sluggishness (so Thes De and others; read then perhaps עֵצְלָתַיִם; > from עָצֵל a sluggish pair, i.e. hands Ew and others), but improbable; "" שִׁפְלוּת יָדַיִם, whence Bi conjectures עֵצְלוּת, Siegf עֵצְלַת יָדַיִם.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

עַצְלָה f. Proverbs 19:15, and עַצְלוּת Proverbs 31:27, slothfulness. Dual עֲצַלְתַּיִם double, i.e. very great slothfulness, Ecclesiastes 10:18.

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List of Word Forms

בַּעֲצַלְתַּ֖יִם בעצלתים עַ֭צְלָה עצלה ‘aṣ·lāh ‘aṣlāh Atzlah ba‘ăṣaltayim ba·‘ă·ṣal·ta·yim baatzalTayim