Strong's Definition
an earthen vessel; usually (painful) toil; also a pang (whether of body or mind)
Derivation: from H6087 (עָצַב);
KJV Usage: grievous, idol, labor, sorrow.
TWOT Reference: 1666a,1667a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) pain, hurt, toil, sorrow, labour, hardship
1a) pain
1b) hurt, offense
1c) toil, hardship
2) vessel, creation, object
3) (TWOT) idol
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עֶצֶב
‛etseb
BDB Definition:
1) pain, hurt, toil, sorrow, labour, hardship
1a) pain
1b) hurt, offense
1c) toil, hardship
2) vessel, creation, object
3) (TWOT) idol
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6087
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1666a, 1667a
Total KJV Occurrences: 7