What does עִצָּבוֹן (ʿiṣābwōn) mean in the Bible?
עִצָּבוֹן (ʿiṣābwōn): Labor marked by pain and distress; the exhausting burden of toil under divine curse or human limitation
Hebrew · H6093
עִצָּבוֹן
Worrisomeness , i.e. labor or pain
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עִצָּבוֹן H6093
Pronunciation ʿiṣābwōn
What does עִצָּבוֹן (ʿiṣābwōn) mean in the Bible?
עִצָּבוֹן (ʿiṣābwōn): Labor marked by pain and distress; the exhausting burden of toil under divine curse or human limitation
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H6093?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and toil (1), through toil (1), your pain (1).
Where does עִצָּבוֹן (ʿiṣābwōn) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 3:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Genesis (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and toil 1× Genesis 5:29
through toil 1× Genesis 3:17
your pain 1× Genesis 3:16
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Genesis 3:16 עִצְּבוֹנֵ֣ךְ to your pain Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular Genesis 3:17 בְּעִצָּבוֹן֙ to through toil Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 5:29 וּמֵעִצְּב֣וֹן to and toil Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 3:16
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 1
Genesis 3
Source forms
בְּעִצָּבוֹן֙ 1x bə·‘iṣ·ṣā·ḇō·wn Genesis 3:17
וּמֵעִצְּב֣וֹן 1x ū·mê·‘iṣ·ṣə·ḇō·wn Genesis 5:29
עִצְּבוֹנֵ֣ךְ 1x ‘iṣ·ṣə·ḇō·w·nêḵ Genesis 3:16
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Genesis 5:29
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular 1x Genesis 3:16
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular 1x Genesis 3:17
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Labor marked by pain and distress; the exhausting burden of toil under divine curse or human limitation
Source Gloss
worrisomeness , i.e. labor or pain
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Labor marked by pain and distress; the exhausting burden of toil under divine curse or human limitation
worrisomeness, i.e. labor or pain BDB: pain Usage: sorrow, toil.
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Pain and distress as consequence of sin, particularly in childbearing and labor
Toil and laborious effort required in human work and livelihood
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
עִצָּבוֹן is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain