Strong H6102עָצֵל
sluggish
- Transliteration
- ‛âtsêl
- Pronunciation
- aw-tsale
- Morphology
- Hebrew Adjective
Definition
From H6101; indolent: - {slothful} sluggard.
Detailed definition
1) sluggish, lazy
1a) sluggard (subst)
1a) sluggard (subst)
In the Bible
Strong H6102 appears in 14 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- slothful8
- sluggard6
First verses
- Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
- Proverbs 6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
- Proverbs 10:26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
- Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
- Proverbs 15:19The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
- Proverbs 19:24A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
- Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
- Proverbs 21:25The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
- Proverbs 22:13The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
- Proverbs 24:30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
- Proverbs 26:13The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
- Proverbs 26:14As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
- Proverbs 26:15The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
- Proverbs 26:16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.