Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H6103 |
|---|---|
| Word: | עַצלָה |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | feminine of H6102 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | atslah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | `atslah (ats-law') n-f. |
| Meaning: | 1. (as abstractly) indolence |
| KJV Renderings: | slothfulness. |
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עֵצְלָה noun feminine sluggishness; — ׳ י Prov 19:15 dual intensive עֲצַלְתַּיִם Eccl 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.
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
