H6045 עִנְיָן (ʻinyân) in-yawn'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

task

Strong's Definition

ado, i.e. (generally) employment or (specifically) an affair

Derivation: from H6031 (עָנָה);

KJV Usage: business, travail.

TWOT Reference: 1651a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) occupation, task, job

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G1799 G3986

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עִנְיָן (in.yan) — task. occupation, task, job

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עִנְיָן (H6045)

noun m · ענה

Serve

business, matter = a set of specific tasks and responsibilities

ECC 1:13 · ECC 2:23 · ECC 2:26 · ECC 3:10 · ECC 4:8 · ECC 5:2 · ECC 5:13 · ECC 8:16

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עִנְיָן n.m. occupation, task, only Ec base

Bible Occurrences (8)

1:13 2:23 2:26 3:10 4:8 5:3 5:14 8:16

Ecclesiastes 1:13

And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom... all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them...!

Ecclesiastes 2:23

Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile....

Ecclesiastes 2:26

To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating [that which] he will hand over to one who pleases... God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 3:10

I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is a man all alone..., without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment? This too is futile — a miserable... task.

Ecclesiastes 5:3

As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool [comes] with many words.

Ecclesiastes 5:14

or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when [that man] has a son there is nothing to pass on....

Ecclesiastes 8:16

When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth — though... his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night —