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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עִצָּבוֹןH6093
Pronunciationʿiṣābwōn
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 Itand toil1×Genesis 5:29
through toil1×Genesis 3:17
your pain1×Genesis 3:16
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowGenesis 3:16
Aligned rows3
Books represented1
Genesis3
Source forms
בְּעִצָּבוֹן֙1xbə·‘iṣ·ṣā·ḇō·wnGenesis 3:17
וּמֵעִצְּב֣וֹן1xū·mê·‘iṣ·ṣə·ḇō·wnGenesis 5:29
עִצְּבוֹנֵ֣ךְ1x‘iṣ·ṣə·ḇō·w·nêḵGenesis 3:16
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct1xGenesis 5:29
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular1xGenesis 3:16
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular1xGenesis 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 definitionSource: 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: