H3018 יְגִיעַ (yᵉgîyaʻ) yeg-ee'-ah

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

toil

Strong's Definition

toil; hence, a work, produce, property (as the result of labor)

Derivation: from H3021 (יָגַע);

KJV Usage: labour, work.

TWOT Reference: 842e

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) toil, work

2) product, produce, acquired property (as a result of work)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2041 G2590 G2873 G3449 G4192

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

יְגִיעַ (ye.gi.a) — toil. 1) toil, work 2) product, produce, acquired property (as a result of work)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

יְגִיעַ (H3018)

noun m · יגע

Diligent

toil, labour, hard work = action by which humans are engaged in laborious work which requires a lot of energy and ultimately results in exhaustion

GEN 31:42 · DEU 28:33 · JOB 10:3 · JOB 39:11 · JOB 39:16 · PSA 78:46

Possess

fruits of labor = the results of laborious work which requires a lot of energy and ultimately results in exhaustion

NEH 5:13 · PSA 109:11 · PSA 128:2 · ISA 45:14 · ISA 55:2 · JER 3:24 · JER 20:5 · EZK 23:29 · HOS 12:9 · HAG 1:11

Timothy L. Wilt; Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[יְגִיעַ] n.m. toil, product base

Bible Occurrences (16)

31:42

28:33

5:13

10:3 39:11 39:16

78:46 109:11 128:2

45:14 55:2

3:24 20:5

23:29

12:8

1:11

Genesis 31:42

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.

Deuteronomy 28:33

A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.

Nehemiah 5:13

I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, May God likewise shake out of his house and possessions... every man who does not keep this promise. May [such a man] be shaken out and have nothing! The whole assembly said, Amen, and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised....

Job 10:3

Does it please You... to oppress me,... to reject the work of Your hands... and favor the schemes of the wicked?

Job 39:11

Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?

Job 39:16

She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.

Isaiah 45:14

This is what the LORD says: The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.

Isaiah 55:2

Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully... to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.