Quick Definition
trouble
Strong's Definition
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
Derivation: from H5998 (עָמַל);
KJV Usage: grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.
TWOT Reference: 1639a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָמָל (a.mal) — trouble. 1) toil, trouble, labour 1a) trouble 1b) trouble, mischief 1c) toil, labour
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun · עמל
Serve | ≈ מַעֲשֶׂה
labor, toil = action by which humans are engaged in hard work, usually physical
PSA 73:16 · PSA 107:12 · ECC 2:10 · ECC 2:10 · ECC 2:21 · ECC 2:22 · ECC 4:4 · ECC 4:9 · ECC 9:9 · ECC 10:15
Rich | ≈ עֹשֶׁר
hard-earned wealth literally: labor, toil; hence: = the wealth gained by hard labor
PSA 105:44 · ECC 1:3 · ECC 2:11 · ECC 2:18 · ECC 2:19 · ECC 2:20 · ECC 2:24 · ECC 3:13 · ECC 4:6 · ECC 4:8 · ECC 5:14 · ECC 5:17 · ECC 5:18 · ECC 6:7 · ECC 8:15
Unsafe | ≈ אָוֶן · יָגֹון · כַּעַס · לַחַץ · עֳנִי · רַע · שֹׁד · שָׁוְא
hardship, trouble, wrong, mischief = state of excessive unpleasantness or suffering ◄ as result of one's own situation, or oppressive behavior of someone else
GEN 41:51 · NUM 23:21 · DEU 26:7 · JDG 10:16 · JOB 3:10 · JOB 4:8 · JOB 5:6 · JOB 5:7 · JOB 7:3 · JOB 11:16 · JOB 15:35 · JOB 16:2 · PSA 7:15 · PSA 7:17 · PSA 10:7 · PSA 10:14 · PSA 25:18 · PSA 55:11 · PSA 73:5 · PSA 90:10 · PSA 94:20 · PSA 140:10 · PRO 24:2 · PRO 31:7 · ISA 10:1 · ISA 53:11 · ISA 59:4 · JER 20:18 · HAB 1:3 · HAB 1:13
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עָמָל n.m. f. trouble, labor, toil trouble (∥ sorrow): one’s own suffering
trouble, mischief, as done to others
toil, labour (late in Heb.)
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