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עָמַל H5998
H5998 is the Hebrew word עָמַל, transliterated ʻâmal and said aw-mal'. The King James Version most often renders it laboured.
What it means
to toil, i.e. work severely and with irksomeness.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 11 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: (take) labour (in).
Verses using עָמַל
All 11 verses, quoted in full.
Psalm 127:1 · KJV
Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Proverbs 16:26 · KJV
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
Ecclesiastes 1:3 · KJV
What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:11 · KJV
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:19 · KJV
And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:20 · KJV
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:21 · KJV
For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Ecclesiastes 5:16 · KJV
And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
Ecclesiastes 5:18 · KJV
Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
Ecclesiastes 8:17 · KJV
Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
Jonah 4:10 · KJV
Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
Common questions
What does Strong's H5998 mean?
H5998 is the Hebrew word עָמַל (ʻâmal), meaning to toil, i.e. work severely and with irksomeness.
How is H5998 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it laboured (3 times), labour (2 times), taketh (2 times), laboureth (1 time), wherein i have laboured (1 time), among others.
How many times does H5998 appear in the Bible?
עָמַל (ʻâmal) is tagged in 11 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5998 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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