Hebrew word study

עָמָלʻâmâl — toil, i.e. wearing effort

Pronounced “aw-mawl'”

toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind

Translated in the King James as: grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.

Appears 55 times in Scripture

Origin: from H5998 (עָמַל);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 1×

Numbers — 1×

Deuteronomy — 1×

Judges — 1×

Job — 8×

Job 3:10 Job 4:8 Job 5:6 Job 5:7 Job 7:3 Job 11:16 Job 15:35 Job 16:2

Psalms — 13×

Psalms 7:14 Psalms 7:16 Psalms 10:7 Psalms 10:14 Psalms 25:18 Psalms 55:10 Psalms 73:5 Psalms 73:16 Psalms 90:10 Psalms 94:20 Psalms 105:44 Psalms 107:12 Psalms 140:9

Proverbs — 2×

Proverbs 24:2 Proverbs 31:7

Ecclesiastes — 22×

Eccles 1:3 Eccles 2:10 Eccles 2:11 Eccles 2:18 Eccles 2:19 Eccles 2:20 Eccles 2:21 Eccles 2:22 Eccles 2:24 Eccles 3:13 Eccles 4:4 Eccles 4:6 Eccles 4:8 Eccles 4:9 Eccles 5:15 Eccles 5:18 Eccles 5:19 Eccles 6:7 Eccles 8:15 Eccles 9:9 Eccles 10:15+ 1 more in Ecclesiastes

Isaiah — 3×

Isaiah 10:1 Isaiah 53:11 Isaiah 59:4

Jeremiah — 1×

Jeremiah 20:18

Habakkuk — 2×

Habakkuk 1:3 Habakkuk 1:13

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