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
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עֶ֫צֶב (e.tsev) — toil. 1) pain, hurt, toil, sorrow, labour, hardship 1a) pain 1b) hurt, offense 1c) toil, hardship
עֶ֫צֶב (e.tsev) — vessel. 1) vessel, creation, object 2) (TWOT) idol
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · עצב
Spasm
labor, toil, hard work = action by which humans have to make a strong physical effort to complete a specific task, for one's own benefit or in service to another
Unsafe
Collocation: דְּבַר־עֶצֶב
harsh words literally, a word of pain; therefore = communication that is cruel and that causes emotional pain or anguish
noun m · עצב
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עֶ֫צֶב n.[m.] pain, hurt, toil base
עֶ֫צֶב n.m. vessel (as fashioned);—Je 22:28 ref