6001. amel

Strong's Lexicon

amel: Labor, toil, trouble, hardship

Original Word: עָמֵל
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Transliteration: `amel
Pronunciation: ah-MALE
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-male')
Definition: Labor, toil, trouble, hardship
Meaning: toiling, a laborer, sorrowful

Word Origin: Derived from the root עָמַל (amal), which means "to labor" or "to toil."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2873 (kopos) - labor, toil

- G3449 (mochthos) - toil, hardship

Usage: The Hebrew word "amel" is used to describe the concept of laborious effort, toil, or hardship. It often conveys a sense of wearisome labor or the burdensome nature of work. In the Old Testament, it is frequently associated with the struggles and difficulties of human life, reflecting the toil that is part of the human condition post-Fall.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, labor was a significant part of daily life, whether in agriculture, craftsmanship, or domestic duties. The concept of toil and labor is deeply rooted in the biblical narrative, beginning with the curse upon Adam in Genesis 3:17-19, where labor becomes a central aspect of human existence. The Israelites, as an agrarian society, understood the challenges and hardships associated with physical labor, which is reflected in their literature and religious texts.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. עָמֵל noun masculine^{Proverbs 16:26} labourer, sufferer; — ׳ע Proverbs 16:26 2t.; plural עֲמֵלִים Judges 5:26; —

1 labourer, workman: Judges 5:26; Proverbs 16:26.

2 sufferer, Job 3:20 ("" מָרֵי נֶפֶשׁ), Job 20:22.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

that labors, that is a misery, had taken labor, wicked, workman

From amal; toiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively, sorrowful -- that laboureth, that is a misery, had taken (labour), wicked, workman.

see HEBREW amal

Forms and Transliterations

לְעָמֵ֣ל לעמל עֲמֵלִ֑ים עָ֭מֵל עָמֵ֖ל עָמֵ֗ל עָמֵ֣ל עָמֵֽל׃ עמל עמל׃ עמלים ‘ă·mê·lîm ‘ā·mêl ‘āmêl ‘ămêlîm aMel ameLim lə‘āmêl lə·‘ā·mêl leaMel

Englishman's Concordance

Judges 5:26
HEB: וִֽימִינָ֖הּ לְהַלְמ֣וּת עֲמֵלִ֑ים וְהָלְמָ֤ה סִֽיסְרָא֙
NAS: And her right hand for the workmen's hammer.
KJV: and her right hand to the workmen's hammer;
INT: right hammer the workmen's struck Sisera

Job 3:20
HEB: לָ֤מָּה יִתֵּ֣ן לְעָמֵ֣ל א֑וֹר וְ֝חַיִּ֗ים
NAS: given to him who suffers, And life
KJV: given to him that is in misery, and life
INT: Why given who is light and life

Job 20:22
HEB: כָּל־ יַ֖ד עָמֵ֣ל תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃
NAS: of everyone who suffers will come
KJV: every hand of the wicked shall come
INT: of everyone the hand who will come

Proverbs 16:26
HEB: נֶ֣פֶשׁ עָ֭מֵל עָ֣מְלָה לּ֑וֹ
NAS: A worker's appetite works
KJV: He that laboureth laboureth
INT: appetite A worker's works for

Ecclesiastes 2:18
HEB: עֲמָלִ֔י שֶׁאֲנִ֥י עָמֵ֖ל תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ
NAS: for which I had labored under
KJV: all my labour which I had taken under the sun:
INT: the fruit I had labored under the sun

Ecclesiastes 2:22
HEB: לִבּ֑וֹ שֶׁה֥וּא עָמֵ֖ל תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃
NAS: with which he labors under
KJV: wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
INT: of his heart wherein labors under east side

Ecclesiastes 3:9
HEB: בַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר ה֥וּא עָמֵֽל׃
NAS: from that in which he toils?
KJV: in that wherein he laboureth?
INT: which he that labors

Ecclesiastes 4:8
HEB: וּלְמִ֣י ׀ אֲנִ֣י עָמֵ֗ל וּמְחַסֵּ֤ר אֶת־
NAS: [and he never asked], And for whom am I laboring and depriving
KJV: with riches; neither [saith he], For whom do I labour, and bereave
INT: whom I laboring and depriving myself

Ecclesiastes 9:9
HEB: אֲשֶׁר־ אַתָּ֥ה עָמֵ֖ל תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃
NAS: in which you have labored under
KJV: and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
INT: which you have labored under the sun

9 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6001
9 Occurrences

‘ā·mêl — 7 Occ.
‘ă·mê·lîm — 1 Occ.
lə·‘ā·mêl — 1 Occ.