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עָמַל amal
Hebrew word for “to toil” · Strong’s H5998 · used 11 times in 11 verses
Meaning
1) to labour, toil; 1a) (Qal) to labour
How it is translated
Glosses given for amal in context, with how often each is used:
- have toiled 3
- toils 2
- had toiled 2
- labors 1
- toiled 1
- will toil 1
- someone will toil 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecclesiastes | 8 | 2.7 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jonah | 1 | 1.5 |
Chapters where it is used most
Ecclesiastes 2 (4), Ecclesiastes 5 (2), Psalms 127 (1), Proverbs 16 (1), Ecclesiastes 1 (1), Ecclesiastes 8 (1), Jonah 4 (1)
Forms
- שׁיעמל 3
- שׁעמלתי 3
- עמלו 1
- עמלה 1
- עמל 1
- יעמל 1
- עמלת 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with amal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עָמָל amal “trouble” 6
- שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh “sun” 6
- תַּחַת tachat “underneath” 6
- יִתְרוֹן yitron “advantage” 3
- הֶבֶל hevel “vanity” 3
- גַּם gam “also” 4
- חֵלֶק cheleq “portion” 2
- אָדָם adam “man” 3
- חָכָם chakham “wise” 2
- אֲנִי ani “I” 3
- מַעֲשֶׂה maaseh “deed” 2
- רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 2
Key verses
The verses using amal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Psalms 127:1 — [A Song of degrees for Solomon.] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in…
- Proverbs 16:26 — He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
- Ecclesiastes 1:3 — What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 2:11 — 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…
- Ecclesiastes 2:19 — 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…
- Ecclesiastes 2:20 — Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 2:21 — 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.…
- Ecclesiastes 5:16 — 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 — 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…
- Ecclesiastes 8:17 — 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…
- Jonah 4:10 — 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…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.