Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6001
עָמֵל
amelaw-male'
labour(er); laborious
9 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻâmêl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6001is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6001
toiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively, sorrowful
The King James renders it: that laboureth, that is a misery, had taken (labour), wicked, workman.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
amel is rendered "labour(er); laborious". It stands 9 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Five of the uses stand in Ecclesiastes, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "labour(er)".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Judges 5:26She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.
Judges 5:26עֲמֵלִ֑ים
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's nine uses are in Ecclesiastes.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: labour(er), and laborious.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| labour(er)Strong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereJudges 5:26She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer… |
| laboriousStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a laborer6
- a sufferer1
- to a sufferer1
- workmen1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עָמֵק | ameq | unfathomable | Uses4 |
All 9, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- עָמֵ֖ל3
- לְעָמֵ֣ל1
- עָמֵ֣ל1
- עָ֭מֵל1
- עָמֵ֗ל1
- עָמֵֽל׃1
- עֲמֵלִ֑ים1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine singular7HAamsa
- adjective · masculine plural1HAampa
- preposition + adjective · masculine singular1HR/Aamsa
Judges
one use
She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.
- עֲמֵלִ֑יםʾamelimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: workmen
Job
two uses
Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
- לְעָמֵ֣לleamelpreposition + adjective · masculine singulartagged: to a sufferer
In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.
- עָמֵ֣לʾameladjective · masculine singulartagged: a sufferer
Proverbs
one use
A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
- עָ֭מֵלʾameladjective · masculine singulartagged: a laborer
Ecclesiastes
five uses
I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
- עָמֵ֖לʾameladjective · masculine singulartagged: a laborer
For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
- עָמֵ֖לʾameladjective · masculine singulartagged: a laborer
What does the worker gain from his toil?
- עָמֵֽל׃ʾameladjective · masculine singulartagged: a laborer
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.
- עָמֵ֗לʾameladjective · masculine singulartagged: a laborer
Enjoy 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.
- עָמֵ֖לʾameladjective · masculine singulartagged: a laborer
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.