Quick Definition
sluggishness
Strong's Definition
(as abstractly) indolence
Derivation: feminine of H6102 (עָצֵל);
KJV Usage: slothfulness.
TWOT Reference: 1672b
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) sluggishness, laziness
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עַצְלָה (ats.lah) — sluggishness. sluggishness, laziness
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · עצל
Lazy | ≈ רְמִיָּה
laziness, slothfulness, sluggishness = state in which humans are reluctant to work or make an effort
noun f · עצל
Lazy | ≈ שִׁפְלוּת
laziness, slothfulness, sluggishness = state in which humans are reluctant to work or make an effort
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עַצְלָה n.f. sluggishness base