עָצֵל
a.tsel
“sluggish”
Definition
indolent
from H6101 (עָצַל);
- sluggish, lazy 1a) sluggard (subst)
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Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
H:A
Hebrew Adjective
Occurrences
עָצֵל appears 14 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,so is the slacker to those who send him.
The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns,but the path of the upright is a highway.
The slacker does not plow in season;at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
The slacker says, “There is a lion outside!I will be slain in the streets!”
The slacker says, “A lion is in the road!A fierce lion roams the public square!”
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