Lexical Definition

‎עֶצֶב‎ ʻetseb (eh'-tseb) toil ^H:N-M
from ‎עָצַב‎

grievous, idol, labor, sorrow.

• an earthen vessel
• usually (painful) toil
• also a pang (whether of body or mind)

1) pain, hurt, toil, sorrow, labour, hardship
1a) pain
1b) hurt, offense
1c) toil, hardship
2) vessel, creation, object
3) (TWOT) idol

See Greek: λύπη · μεριμνάω · ὀδύνη · πόνος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎עֶ֫צֶב‎ noun [masculine] pain, hurt, toil; —

1. ‎׳‎‎ע‎ pain Gen 3:16 (of travail), Prov 10:22.

2. hurt (of mind), ‎׳‎‎דְּבַרעֿ‎ Prov 15:1 a word that hurts (opposed to ‎מַעֲנֶהרַֿךְ‎).

3. toil Prov 14:23 plural‎לֶחֶם הָעֲצָבִים‎ Ps 127:2 bread of (gained by) toils; suffix ‎עֲצָבֶיךָ‎ Prov 5:10.

II. ‎עֶ֫צֶב‎ noun masculine vessel (as fashioned); — ‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎׳‎‎נִבְזֶה וגו‎ Jer 22:28 a vessel despised, etc. (figurative of Coniah = Jehoiachin).

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