עָצֵל atsel

Hebrew word for “sluggish” · Strong’s H6102 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

1) sluggish, lazy; 1a) sluggard (subst)

How it is translated

Glosses given for atsel in context, with how often each is used:

• sluggard 13
• lazy 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Proverbs 26 (4), Proverbs 6 (2), Proverbs 10 (1), Proverbs 13 (1), Proverbs 15 (1), Proverbs 19 (1), Proverbs 20 (1), Proverbs 21 (1), Proverbs 22 (1), Proverbs 24 (1)

Forms

• עצל 12
• העצל 1
• ועצל 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with atsel more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• צַלַּחַת tsallachat “dish” 2
• טָמַן taman “to hide” 2
• רְחוֹב rechov “street/plaza” 2
• אַרְיֵה aryeh “lion” 2
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 3
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 3
• פֶּה peh “lip” 2
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 2
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 2

Key verses

The verses using atsel that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Proverbs 6:6 — Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
• Proverbs 6:9 — How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
• Proverbs 10:26 — As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
• Proverbs 13:4 — The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
• Proverbs 15:19 — The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
• Proverbs 19:24 — A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
• Proverbs 20:4 — The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
• Proverbs 21:25 — The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
• Proverbs 22:13 — The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
• Proverbs 24:30 — I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
• Proverbs 26:13 — The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
• Proverbs 26:16 — The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

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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.