H8513 תְּלָאָה (tᵉlâʼâh) tel-aw-aw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

hardship

Strong's Definition

distress

Derivation: from H3811 (לָאָה);

KJV Usage: travail, travel, trouble.

TWOT Reference: 1066a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) toil, hardship, distress, weariness

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G2552 G3449

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

תְּלָאָה (te.la.ah) — hardship. toil, hardship, distress, weariness

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

תְּלָאָה (H8513 · H4972) — מַתְּלָאָה

noun f · לאה

Grieve

upsetting, burden, bother literally: weariness; hence: = something that causes humans to feel upset

MAL 1:13

Unsafe

hardship literally: weariness; hence: = process by which humans experience hardship

EXO 18:8 · NUM 20:14 · NEH 9:32 · LAM 3:5

¹ MAL 1:13 מַתְּלָאָה = מָה תְּלָאָה

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

תְּלָאָה n.f. weariness, hardship base

Bible Occurrences (4)

18:8

20:14

9:32

3:5

Exodus 18:8

Then Moses recounted to his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, all the hardships they had encountered along the way, and how the LORD had delivered them.

Numbers 20:14

From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to [tell] the king of Edom, This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,

Nehemiah 9:32

So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly... all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.......

Lamentations 3:5

He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.