יְגִיעַ
yᵉgîyaʻ · H3018 · Hebrew · 16 occurrences
Meanings
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toil, labour, hard work
Action by which humans are engaged in laborious work which requires a lot of energy and ultimately results in exhaustion
ExamplesGenesis 31:42 “If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the fear of Isaac, had not been for me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, so He rendered judgment last night.”
Deuteronomy 28:33 “A people whom you do not know will eat the produce of your ground and every product of your labor, and you will never be anything but oppressed and mistreated continually.
Job 10:3 ‘Is it right for You indeed to oppress, To reject the work of Your hands, And to look favorably on the plan of the wicked?
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fruits of labor
The results of laborious work which requires a lot of energy and ultimately results in exhaustion
ExamplesNehemiah 5:13 I also shook out the front of my garment and said, “So may God shake out every person from his house and from his possessions who does not keep this promise; just so may he be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said, “Amen!” And they praised the LORD. Then the people acted in accordance with this promise.
Psalm 109:11 May the creditor seize everything that he has, And may strangers plunder the product of his labor.
Psalm 128:2 When you eat the fruit of the labor of your hands, You will be happy and it will go well for you.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
16 occurrences in 10 groups
- כַּףpalm, hand 4
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עָבַרto pass 1
What is done to itIt is the object
9 occurrences in 7 groups
- אָכַלto eat, to devour 3
- לָקַחto take, to receive 1
- מָאַסto reject, to despise 1
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
- עָזַבto forsake, to leave 1
- רָאָהto see 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רִיקvain, empty 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- מִןfrom 1
- עַלon, upon, over, against 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- κόπος kópos · G2873 · hard work, toil, labor
- Greek κόπος emphasizes the toilsome, exhausting aspect of labor (toil that reduces strength), while Hebrew יְגִיעַ denotes labor/work more generally including its product or result.
- ἔργον érgon · G2041 · act, deed, work
- Greek ἔργον (érgon, G2041) renders Hebrew יְגִיעַ (yᵉgîyaʻ, H3018) in LXX contexts where labor/work is viewed as productive activity or its result, emphasizing the effort expended or the task accomplished.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Diligent002001002006
- יְגִיעַ names labor or toil, the diligent effort expended in work, as the toil of Jacob's hands (Genesis 31:42) and the labor of Job's hands rejected (Job 10:3).
- Possess002003002019
- The word can also denote the product or gain that labor produces, the possessions or property that come from one's toil, as goods gained through diligent work (Deuteronomy 28:33).
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3018. yegia יְגִיעַ] noun masculine toil, product; — construct יְגִיעַ Gen 31:42 Gen…
יְגִיעַ] noun masculine toil, product; — construct יְגִיעַ Gen 31:42 Gen 31:5t.; suffix יְגִיעֲךָ Deu 28:33; יְגִיעֶ֑ךָ Job 39:11; יְגִיעֵךְ Eze 23:29; יְגִיעוֺ Psa 109:11; Neh 5:13;יְגִיעָהּ Job 39:16; Jer 20:5 וִיגִיעֲכֶם Isa 55:2; וִיגִיעָם Psa 78:46; plural suffix יְגִיעַי Hos 12:9 (but ᵐ5 יְגִיעָיו Che); —
1 toil, ׳יג כַּמַּיִם Gen 31:42 (E; || עֳנִי), Job 39:11 ( = husbandry), laying of eggs Job 39:16.
2 result of toil, product, produce, acquired property; יְגִיעַי Hos 12:9 (|| אוֺן, on text see above), Deu 28:33 (|| אדמתך מְּרִי), Psa 78:46 (|| יְבוּל); יְגִיעַכַּמַּיִם Psa 128:2, Hag 1:11 (|| בְּחֵמָה אָדָם, הָאֲדָמָה, תּוֺצִיא אֲשֶׁר יִצְהָר, תִּירוֺשׁ, דָּגָן,); Neh 5:13 (|| בית), Psa 109:11 (|| כלאֿשׁרלֿוֺ), Isa 45:14 (מצרים יגיע, || סַחַרכּֿוּשׁ), Isa 55:2 (|| כֶּסֶף), Jer 3:24 (|| בָּנוֺת בָּנִים, בָּקָר, צאֹן), Jer 20:5 (|| יָקָר חֹסֶן,, of city), Eze 23:29; of Job as product of God's hands (׳יְג כַּפֶיךָ) Job 10:3.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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