Labour in the Bible: 89 times in the King James Version | Thy Word is True

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labour KJV

“Labour” is in the King James Bible 89 times, in 87 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

עמל ‛âmâl 25 times
יגיע yegı̂ya‛ 12 times
κοπιάω kopiaō 11 times
κόπος kopos 8 times
יגע yâga‛ 8 times
ילד yâlad 2 times
עבד ‛âbad 2 times
עמל ‛âmal 2 times
עשׂה ‛âśâh 2 times
פּעלּה pe‛ûllâh 2 times
ἐργάζομαι ergazomai 1 time
ἔργον ergon 1 time

14 more, less often

μοί moi 1 time
σπουδάζω spoudazō 1 time
συνεργός sunergos 1 time
φιλοτιμέομαι philotimeomai 1 time
אוּץ 'ûts 1 time
גּיח גּח gı̂yach gôach 1 time
יגע yâgêa‛ 1 time
יד yâd 1 time
מלאכה melâ'kâh 1 time
מעשׂה ma‛ăśeh 1 time
סבל sâbal 1 time
עבדה עבודה ‛ăbôdâh ‛ăbôdâh 1 time
עמל ‛âmêl 1 time
עצב ‛etseb 1 time

translating H3021

8 verses translating H3021 Show all

Joshua

7:3 And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.
24:13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

Job

9:29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

Proverbs

23:4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Isaiah

65:23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

Jeremiah

51:58 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.

Lamentations

5:5 Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

Habakkuk

2:13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

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