עַצְלָה
atsla · laziness
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6103 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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atsla (עַצְלָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “laziness”.
Idleness.
How to say it
ats·la
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Unwillingness to work.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Proverbs 19:15
Laziness casts into a deep sleep, and a slack soul will go hungry.
- Ecclesiastes 10:18
Through laziness the roof sinks, and through drooping hands the house leaks.