Strong’s H6089 · Hebrew
עֶצֶב
ʻetseb · eh'-tseb
Origin from עָצַב (H6087);
Meaning an earthen vessel; usually (painful) toil; also a pang (whether of body or mind)
In the King James Version grievous, idol, labor, sorrow.
In 7 verses of the King James Version
- Genesis 3:16Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
- Psalms 127:2It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
- Proverbs 5:10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
- Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
- Proverbs 14:23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
- Proverbs 15:1A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
- Jeremiah 22:28Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.