עֶ֫צֶב
e.tsev
“toil”
Definition
an earthen vessel; usually (painful) toil; also a pang (whether of body or mind)
from H6087 (עָצַב);
- pain, hurt, toil, sorrow, labour, hardship 1a) pain 1b) hurt, offense 1c) toil, hardship
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
עֶ֫צֶב appears 7 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.”
Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot,a jar that no one wants?Why are he and his descendants hurled outand cast into a land they do not know?
The blessing of the LORD enriches,and He adds no sorrow to it.
There is profit in all labor,but mere talk leads only to poverty.
A gentle answer turns away wrath,but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.