3 occurrences
'Labor' in the Bible
Why did I come out of the wombTo see trouble and sorrow,So that my days have been filled with shame?
‘Ask now, and seeWhether a man can give birth [to a child].Why then do I see every manWith his hands on his loins, as a woman in labor?Why have all faces turned pale?
Thus says the Lord of hosts,“The broad wall of Babylon will be completely overthrown and the foundations razedAnd her high gates will be set on fire;The peoples will labor in vain,And the nations become exhausted [only] for fire [that will destroy their work].”
Related Words
Bible Theasaurus
- Confinement (8 instances)
- Dig (28 instances)
- Drive (160 instances)
- Drudgery (3 instances)
- Grind (18 instances)
- Hammering (8 instances)
- Industry (7 instances)
- Labor (210 instances)
- Labour (121 instances)
- Project (14 instances)
- Push (29 instances)
- Task (59 instances)
- Toil (65 instances)
- Travail (49 instances)
- Undertaking (33 instances)
Reverse Interlinear
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἐργάζομαι
Ergazomai
Ergazomai
work , wrought , do , minister about , forbear working , labour for , labour , commit , trade by , trade
Usage: 28
ילד
Yalad
Yalad
beget , bare , born , bring forth , bear , travail , midwife , child , delivered , borne , birth , labour , brought up ,
Usage: 497
עבד
`abad
`abad
Usage: 288
עבודה עבדה
`abodah
`abodah
Usage: 146
עמל
`amal
`amal
labour , hief , misery , travail , trouble , sorrow , grievance , grievousness , iniquity , miserable , pain , painful , perverseness , toil , wearisome , wickedness
Usage: 55
σπουδάζω
Spoudazo
Spoudazo
Usage: 11
συνεργός
sunergos
sunergos
fellowlabourer , helper , fellowhelper , fellowworkers , workfellow , labourer together with , companion in labour
Usage: 13