Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6089
עֶצֶב
etsebeh'-tseb
toil; vessel
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻetseb
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6089is 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) · H6089
an earthen vessel; usually (painful) toil; also a pang (whether of body or mind)
The King James renders it: grievous, idol, labor, sorrow.
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
etseb is rendered "toil; vessel". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Four of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "toil".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 3:16To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
Genesis 3:16בְּעֶ֖צֶב
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: toil, and vessel.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| toilStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 3:16To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth… |
| vesselStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- ¿ a pot1
- and labor your1
- hard labor1
- hurt1
- sorrow1
- the labors1
- with pain1
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.
All 7, 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
- בְּעֶ֖צֶב1
- הַעֶ֨צֶב1
- הָעֲצָבִ֑ים1
- וַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָ1
- עֶ֣צֶב1
- עֶ֭צֶב1
- עֶ֝֗צֶב1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular3HNcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Ncmpc/Sp2ms
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1HR/Ncmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1HTd/Ncmpa
- question particle + noun · masculine singular1HTi/Ncmsa
Genesis
one use
To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
- בְּעֶ֖צֶבbeetzevpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: with pain
Psalms
one use
In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.
- הָעֲצָבִ֑יםhaatzavimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the labors
Proverbs
four uses
lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
- וַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָvaatzaveikhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and labor your
The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
- עֶ֣צֶבʾetzevnoun · masculine singulartagged: sorrow
There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
- עֶ֭צֶבʾetzevnoun · masculine singulartagged: hard labor
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
- עֶ֝֗צֶבʾetzevnoun · masculine singulartagged: hurt
Jeremiah
one use
Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?
- הַעֶ֨צֶבhaetzevquestion particle + noun · masculine singulartagged: ¿ a pot
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.