עָמָל amal
Hebrew word for “trouble” · Strong’s H5999 · used 55 times in 54 verses
Meaning
1) toil, trouble, labour; 1a) trouble; 1b) trouble, mischief; 1c) toil, labour
How it is translated
Glosses given for amal in context, with how often each is used:
- toil 23
- trouble 18
- mischief 10
- labor 2
- who toil 1
- who trouble 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecclesiastes | 22 | 7.4 | |
| Psalms | 13 | 0.7 | |
| Job | 8 | 1.0 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Habakkuk | 2 | 3.0 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
Ecclesiastes 2 (8), Ecclesiastes 4 (4), Ecclesiastes 5 (3), Job 5 (2), Psalms 7 (2), Psalms 10 (2), Psalms 73 (2), Habakkuk 1 (2), Genesis 41 (1), Numbers 23 (1)
Forms
- עמל 23
- עמלו 6
- עמלי 5
- ועמל 4
- בעמלו 4
- בעמל 3
- עמלנו 1
- לעמל 1
- ועמלי 1
- ועמלו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with amal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אָוֶן aven “evil” 11
- שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh “sun” 9
- עָמַל amal “to toil” 6
- אָדָם adam “man” 11
- רָאָה raah “to see” 14
- תַּחַת tachat “underneath” 10
- הֶבֶל hevel “vanity” 6
- עָמֵל amel “laborious” 4
- חֵלֶק cheleq “portion” 5
- גַּם gam “also” 8
- אֲנִי ani “I” 8
- טוֹב tov “pleasant” 7
Key verses
The verses using amal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Numbers 23:21 — He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
- Judges 10:16 — And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
- Psalms 10:7 — His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
- Psalms 10:14 — Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the…
- Psalms 94:20 — Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
- Psalms 105:44 — And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
- Ecclesiastes 4:4 — Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
- Ecclesiastes 4:8 — There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with…
- Isaiah 10:1 — Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
- Isaiah 53:11 — He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
- Isaiah 59:4 — None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
- Habakkuk 1:13 — Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue…
See all 54 verses in the Word Atlas
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.