Definition
from H6087; an earthen vessel; usually (painful) toil; also a pang (whether of body or mind)
Traditional renderings: grievous, idol, labor, sorrow.
Traditional renderings: grievous, idol, labor, sorrow.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עֶ֫צֶב:
- λύπηlupē“grief”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Genesis 3:16בְּעֶ֖צֶב · in painTo 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.”
- Psalm 127:2הָעֲצָבִ֑ים · toilingIn vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved.
- Proverbs 5:10וַ֝עֲצָבֶ֗יךָ · and your labors…lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.
- Proverbs 10:22עֶ֣צֶב · sorrowThe blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
- Proverbs 14:23עֶ֭צֶב · laborThere is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
- Proverbs 15:1עֶ֝֗צֶב · but a harshA gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
- Jeremiah 22:28הַעֶ֨צֶב · potIs 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?