H6001 עָמֵל (ʻâmêl) aw-male'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

toiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively, sorrowful

Derivation: from H5998 (עָמַל);

KJV Usage: that laboureth, that is a misery, had taken (labour), wicked, workman.

TWOT Reference: 1639b,c

Outline of Biblical Usage

n m

1) labourer, sufferer, wretched one

1a) labourer, workman

1b) sufferer

adj v

2) toiling

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G4088 G4192

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עָמֵל (a.mel) — labour(er). 1) labourer, sufferer, wretched one 1a) labourer, workman 1b) sufferer

עָמֵל (a.mel) — laborious. adj v toiling

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עָמֵל (H6001)

adj · עמל

Serve

labor, toil = action by which humans are engaged in hard work, usually physical

ECC 2:18 · ECC 2:22 · ECC 3:9 · ECC 4:8 · ECC 9:9

People

workman = a person engaged in hard physical labor

JDG 5:26 · PRO 16:26

Unsafe

hardship, trouble, wrong, mischief = state of excessive unpleasantness or suffering ◄ as result of one's own situation, or oppressive behavior of someone else

JOB 20:22

People | ≈ מַר נֶפֶשׁ

someone in misery = person experiencing a state of excessive unpleasantness or suffering ◄ as result of one's own situation, or oppressive behavior of someone else

JOB 3:20

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עָמֵל n.m. laborer, sufferer base

עָמֵל adj.verb. toiling, only Ec, as pred. base

Bible Occurrences (9)

5:26

3:20 20:22

16:26

2:18 2:22 3:9 4:8 9:9

Judges 5:26

She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.

Job 3:20

Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,

Job 20:22

In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.

Proverbs 16:26

A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.

Ecclesiastes 2:18

I hated all for which I had toiled... under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

Ecclesiastes 2:22

For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 3:9

What does the worker gain from his toil?

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is a man all alone..., without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment? This too is futile — a miserable... task.