עָצֵל
ʿāṣēl
sluggish
Strong's H6102AdjectiveHebrewTWOT 1672a

עָצֵל (ʿāṣēl) is a Hebrew adjective meaning sluggish. It appears 14 times in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6102).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1672a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1672a)sluggish, lazy; indolent; slothful, sluggard
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עָצֵל adjective: sluggish, lazy

Strong's H6102 עָצֵל: indolent
KJV:slothful, sluggard.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1672: עָצֵל ʿāṣēl — be sluggish; lean idly, be indolent, slack; be slothful

See it in Scripture

Proverbs 6:6

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