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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.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>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.<div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> I. <font class="hebrew2">עָמֵל</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font><sup>Proverbs 16:26</sup> <font size="+1"><b>labourer, sufferer</b></font>; — <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ע</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/16-26.htm">Proverbs 16:26</a> 2t.; plural <font class="hebrew2">עֲמֵלִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/judges/5-26.htm">Judges 5:26</a>; — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font> <em>labourer, workman:</em> <a href="/interlinear/judges/5-26.htm">Judges 5:26</a>; <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/16-26.htm">Proverbs 16:26</a>. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> <em>sufferer</em>, <a href="/interlinear/job/3-20.htm">Job 3:20</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">מָרֵי נֶפֶשׁ</font>), <a href="/interlinear/job/20-22.htm">Job 20:22</a>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>that labors, that is a misery, had taken labor, wicked, workman <p>From <a href="/hebrew/5998.htm">amal</a>; toiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively, sorrowful -- that laboureth, that is a misery, had taken (labour), wicked, workman. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/5998.htm">amal</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>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<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/judges/5-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Judges 5:26</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/judges/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וִֽימִינָ֖הּ לְהַלְמ֣וּת <b> עֲמֵלִ֑ים </b> וְהָלְמָ֤ה סִֽיסְרָא֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/judges/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And her right hand <span class="itali">for the workmen's</span> hammer.<br><a href="/kjvs/judges/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and her right hand <span class="itali">to the workmen's</span> hammer;<br><a href="/interlinear/judges/5-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> right hammer <span class="itali">the workmen's</span> struck Sisera<p><b><a href="/text/job/3-20.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 3:20</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לָ֤מָּה יִתֵּ֣ן <b> לְעָמֵ֣ל </b> א֑וֹר וְ֝חַיִּ֗ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> given <span class="itali">to him who suffers,</span> And life<br><a href="/kjvs/job/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> given <span class="itali">to him that is in misery,</span> and life<br><a href="/interlinear/job/3-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Why given <span class="itali">who</span> is light and life<p><b><a href="/text/job/20-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 20:22</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/20.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כָּל־ יַ֖ד <b> עָמֵ֣ל </b> תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/20.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of everyone <span class="itali">who suffers</span> will come<br><a href="/kjvs/job/20.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> every hand <span class="itali">of the wicked</span> shall come<br><a href="/interlinear/job/20-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of everyone the hand <span class="itali">who</span> will come<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/16-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 16:26</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/16.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> נֶ֣פֶשׁ <b> עָ֭מֵל </b> עָ֣מְלָה לּ֑וֹ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">A worker's</span> appetite works<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> He <span class="itali">that laboureth</span> laboureth<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/16-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> appetite <span class="itali">A worker's</span> works for<p><b><a href="/text/ecclesiastes/2-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ecclesiastes 2:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עֲמָלִ֔י שֶׁאֲנִ֥י <b> עָמֵ֖ל </b> תַּ֣חַת הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ecclesiastes/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> for which <span class="itali">I had labored</span> under<br><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> all my labour <span class="itali">which I had taken</span> under the sun:<br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/2-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the fruit I <span class="itali">had labored</span> under the sun<p><b><a href="/text/ecclesiastes/2-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ecclesiastes 2:22</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לִבּ֑וֹ שֶׁה֥וּא <b> עָמֵ֖ל </b> תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ecclesiastes/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> with which <span class="itali">he labors</span> under<br><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> wherein <span class="itali">he hath laboured</span> under the sun?<br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/2-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of his heart wherein <span class="itali">labors</span> under east side<p><b><a href="/text/ecclesiastes/3-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ecclesiastes 3:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר ה֥וּא <b> עָמֵֽל׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ecclesiastes/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> from that in which <span class="itali">he toils?</span><br><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in that wherein <span class="itali">he laboureth?</span><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/3-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> which he <span class="itali">that labors</span><p><b><a href="/text/ecclesiastes/4-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ecclesiastes 4:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּלְמִ֣י ׀ אֲנִ֣י <b> עָמֵ֗ל </b> וּמְחַסֵּ֤ר אֶת־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ecclesiastes/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [and he never asked], And for whom <span class="itali">am I laboring</span> and depriving<br><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> with riches; <span class="itali">neither [saith he], For whom do I labour,</span> and bereave<br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/4-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> whom I <span class="itali">laboring</span> and depriving myself<p><b><a href="/text/ecclesiastes/9-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ecclesiastes 9:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֲשֶׁר־ אַתָּ֥ה <b> עָמֵ֖ל </b> תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ecclesiastes/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in which <span class="itali">you have labored</span> under<br><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and in thy labour <span class="itali">which thou takest</span> under the sun.<br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/9-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> which you <span class="itali">have labored</span> under the sun<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6001.htm">9 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6001.htm">Strong's Hebrew 6001<br>9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/amel_6001.htm">‘ā·mêl — 7 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/amelim_6001.htm">‘ă·mê·lîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/leamel_6001.htm">lə·‘ā·mêl — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script 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