TBESH · H6102
עָצֵל · a.tsel · sluggish
1) sluggish, lazy 1a) sluggard (subst)
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עָצֵל (a.tsel) means “sluggish” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: aw-tsale' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
עָצֵל · a.tsel · sluggish
1) sluggish, lazy 1a) sluggard (subst)
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from H6101 (עָצַל); indolent
KJV glosses: slothful, sluggard.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the slacker | 7 |
| o slacker | 2 |
| of the slacker | 2 |
| is the slacker | 1 |
| so the slacker | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the slothful | 4 |
| of the slothful | 3 |
| the sluggard | 3 |
| a slothful | 1 |
| o sluggard | 1 |
| of the sluggard | 1 |
| thou sluggard | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 14 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
Read word by wordHow long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
Read word by wordLike vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
Read word by wordThe slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
Read word by wordThe way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
Read word by wordThe slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.
Read word by wordThe slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
Read word by wordThe craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
Read word by wordThe slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
Read word by wordI went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
Read word by wordThe slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
Read word by wordAs a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
Read word by wordThe slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
Read word by wordThe slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
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