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יְגִיעַ H3018

H3018 is the Hebrew word יְגִיעַ, transliterated yᵉgîyaʻ and said yeg-ee'-ah. The King James Version most often renders it labour.

Word: יְגִיעַTransliteration: yᵉgîyaʻSaid: yeg-ee'-ahLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 14 verses

What it means

toil; hence, a work, produce, property (as the result of labor).

Where it comes from

from H3021 (יָגַע).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 14 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

labour 10×labours 3×work 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: labour, work.

Verses using יְגִיעַ

All 14 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 31:42 · KJV

Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

Deuteronomy 28:33 · KJV

The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:

Nehemiah 5:13 · KJV

Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.

Job 10:3 · KJV

Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

Job 39:16 · KJV

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

Psalm 78:46 · KJV

He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.

Psalm 128:2 · KJV

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Isaiah 45:14 · KJV

Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

Isaiah 55:2 · KJV

Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Jeremiah 3:24 · KJV

For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.

Jeremiah 20:5 · KJV

Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.

Ezekiel 23:29 · KJV

And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

Hosea 12:8 · KJV

And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

Haggai 1:11 · KJV

And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

Common questions

What does Strong's H3018 mean?

H3018 is the Hebrew word יְגִיעַ (yᵉgîyaʻ), meaning toil; hence, a work, produce, property (as the result of labor).

How is H3018 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it labour (10 times), labours (3 times), work (1 time).

How many times does H3018 appear in the Bible?

יְגִיעַ (yᵉgîyaʻ) is tagged in 14 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H3018 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H3021 (יָגַע).

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