עַצְלָה
ʿaṣlâ
sluggishness
Strong's H6103NounHebrewTWOT 1672b

עַצְלָה (ʿaṣlâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning sluggishness. It appears 2 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6103).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1672b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1672b)sluggishness; indolence; slothfulness
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עַצְלָה noun, feminine: sluggishness

Strong's H6103 עַצְלָה: (as abstractly) indolence
KJV:slothfulness.

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 19:15Ecclesiastes 10:18

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