Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H6001 |
|---|---|
| Word: | עָמֵל |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from H5998 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 9 |
| Transliteration: | amel |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | `amel (aw-male') adj. |
| Meaning: | 1. toiling 2. (concretely) a laborer 3. (figuratively) sorrowful |
| KJV Renderings: | that laboureth, that is a misery, had taken (labour), wicked, workman. |
Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.
I. עָמֵל noun masculine Prov 16:26 labourer, sufferer; — ׳ ע Prov 16:26 + 2 t.; plural עֲמֵלִים Judg 5:26 —
II. עָמֵל verbal adjective toiling, only Ecclesiastes, as predicate; — Eccl 2:18; Eccl 2:22; Eccl 3:9; Eccl 4:8; Eccl 9:9.
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
