Word Study · Strong's H5999 · Hebrew
עָמָל
amal
aw-mawl'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻâmâl
“toil, i.e. wearing effort”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
Rendered in the KJV as
grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.
- 55occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 11 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 35inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 55 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 35
- עָמָ֖ל7
- עָמָ֣ל5
- עֲמָלִ֔י4
- עָ֝מָ֗ל3
- עֲמָל֔וֹ3
- בַּעֲמָל֑וֹ2
- וְעָמָ֣ל2
- עֲמַ֥ל2
- בֶּעָמָ֣ל1
- בַּעֲמַ֣ל1
- בַּעֲמַ֥ל1
- בַעֲמָל֔וֹ1
and 23 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 30
- trouble8
- mischief7
- toil his5
- in toil his4
- toil my4
- [the] toil of2
- and trouble2
- [are] in [the] trouble of1
- [is] toil1
- [the] mischief of1
- [the] toil1
- [was] trouble1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 18
- noun · masculine or feminine singular20
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular6
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular5
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular3
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcbsa · 20
- HNcbsc/Sp3ms · 6
- HNcbsc/Sp1bs · 5
- HR/Ncbsc/Sp3ms · 4
- HC/Ncbsa · 3
- HNcbsc · 3
- HR/Ncbsc · 3
- HC/Ncbsc · 1
- HC/Ncbsc/Sp1bs · 1
- HC/Ncbsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HC/R/Ncbsc/Sp2ms · 1
- HC/Rd/Ncbsa · 1
All 55, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Ecclesiastes22 of 55 · 40%
- Psalms13 of 55 · 24%
- Job8 of 55 · 15%
- Isaiah3 of 55 · 5%
- Proverbs2 of 55 · 4%
Ecclesiastes carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Job8 occurrences
- Job 3:10עָ֝מָ֗לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singularFor that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.here: trouble
- Job 4:8עָמָ֣לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singularAs I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.here: mischief
- Job 5:6עָמָֽל׃ʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singularFor distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.here: trouble
- Job 5:7לְעָמָ֣לleamalpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singularYet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.here: to trouble
- Job 7:3עָ֝מָ֗לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singularSo I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.here: trouble
- Job 11:16עָמָ֣לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singularFor you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.here: trouble
- Job 15:35עָ֭מָלʾamolnoun · masculine or feminine singularThey conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”here: trouble
- Job 16:2עָמָ֣לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singular“I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.here: trouble
Psalms13 occurrences
- Psalms 7:14עָ֝מָ֗לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singularBehold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.here: mischief
- Psalms 7:16עֲמָל֣וֹamalonoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHis trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.here: mischief his
- Psalms 10:7עָמָ֥לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singularHis mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.here: mischief
- Psalms 10:14עָ֘מָ֤לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singularBut You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.here: mischief
- Psalms 25:18וַעֲמָלִ֑יvaamaliconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularConsider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.here: and trouble my
- Psalms 55:10וְעָמָ֣לveamalconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singularDay and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.here: and trouble
- Psalms 73:5בַּעֲמַ֣לbaamalpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.here: [are] in [the] trouble of
- Psalms 73:16עָמָ֖לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singularWhen I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sighthere: [was] trouble
- Psalms 90:10עָמָ֣לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singularThe length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.here: [is] toil
- Psalms 94:20עָמָ֣לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singularCan a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?here: mischief
- Psalms 105:44וַעֲמַ֖לvaamalconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,here: and [the] labor of
- Psalms 107:12בֶּעָמָ֣לbeamalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singularHe humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.here: with the trouble
- Psalms 140:9עֲמַ֖לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.here: [the] mischief of
Proverbs2 occurrences
- Proverbs 24:2וְ֝עָמָ֗לveamalconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singularfor their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.here: and trouble
- Proverbs 31:7וַ֝עֲמָל֗וֹvaamaloconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularLet him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.here: and trouble his
Ecclesiastes22 occurrences
- Ecclesiastes 1:3עֲמָל֔וֹamalonoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWhat does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?here: toil his
- Ecclesiastes 2:10עֲמָלִ֔יʾamalinoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularAnything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.here: toil my
- Ecclesiastes 2:10עֲמָלִֽי׃ʾamalinoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularAnything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.here: toil my
- Ecclesiastes 2:11וּבֶֽעָמָ֖לuveamalconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singularYet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.here: and on the toil
- Ecclesiastes 2:18עֲמָלִ֔יʾamalinoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularI hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.here: toil my
- Ecclesiastes 2:19עֲמָלִ֔יʾamalinoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularAnd who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.here: toil my
- Ecclesiastes 2:20הֶ֣עָמָ֔לheamalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singularSo my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.here: the toil
- Ecclesiastes 2:21שֶׁעֲמָל֛וֹsheamalorelative particle (“who / which”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWhen there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.here: who toil his
- Ecclesiastes 2:22עֲמָל֔וֹamalonoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularFor what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?here: toil his
- Ecclesiastes 2:24בַּעֲמָל֑וֹbaamalopreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularNothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.here: in toil his
- Ecclesiastes 3:13עֲמָל֑וֹamalonoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularand also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.here: toil his
- Ecclesiastes 4:4עָמָ֗לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singularI saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.here: [the] toil
- Ecclesiastes 4:6עָמָ֖לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singularBetter one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.here: toil
- Ecclesiastes 4:8עֲמָל֔וֹamalonoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThere 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.here: toil his
- Ecclesiastes 4:9בַּעֲמָלָֽם׃baamalampreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralTwo are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.here: for toil their
- Ecclesiastes 5:15בַעֲמָל֔וֹvaamalopreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAs a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.here: in toil his
- Ecclesiastes 5:18עֲמָל֣וֹ׀amalonoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHere is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.here: toil his
- Ecclesiastes 5:19בַּעֲמָל֑וֹbaamalopreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularFurthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.here: in toil his
- Ecclesiastes 6:7עֲמַ֥לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.here: [the] toil of
- Ecclesiastes 8:15בַעֲמָל֗וֹvaamalopreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularSo I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.here: in toil his
- Ecclesiastes 9:9וּבַעֲמָ֣לְךָ֔uvaamalkhaconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularEnjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.here: and in toil your
- Ecclesiastes 10:15עֲמַ֥לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.here: [the] toil of
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 10:1עָמָ֖לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singularWoe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,here: [who] trouble
- Isaiah 53:11מֵעֲמַ֤לmeamalpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.here: from [the] labor of
- Isaiah 59:4עָמָ֖לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singularNo one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.here: mischief
Jeremiah1 occurrence
Habakkuk2 occurrences
- Habakkuk 1:3וְעָמָ֣לveamalconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singularWhy do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.here: and mischief
- Habakkuk 1:13עָמָ֖לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singularYour eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?here: mischief
Same headword in Strong's