Quick Definition
sluggishness
Strong's Definition
indolence
Derivation: from H6101 (עָצַל);
KJV Usage: idleness.
TWOT Reference: 1672c
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) sluggishness, laziness
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עַצְלוּת (ats.lut) — sluggishness. sluggishness, laziness
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · עצל
Lazy | verb qal
Collocation: אכל לֶחֶם עַצְלוּת
to be lazy, to be slothful literally: to eat the bread of laziness; = state in which humans are reluctant to work or make an effort
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עַצְלוּת n.f. id. [p.ep.ac];—לֶהֶם ע׳ Pr 31:27. done
