inyan · task, business

What it means

inyan (עִנְיָן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “task, business”.

Occupation, task; an affair or business that keeps someone busy.

How to say it

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

1. The task and toil of each day.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Ecclesiastes 1:13

  And I gave my heart to seek and to explore by wisdom concerning all that is done under the heavens; it is a bad occupation that Elohim has given to human beings to be occupied with it.

• Ecclesiastes 2:23

  For all his days are pains, and his occupation is vexation; even at night his heart does not lie down. This too is vapor.

• Ecclesiastes 2:26

  For to the man who is good before him he gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives the occupation of gathering and collecting, to give to the one who is good before Elohim. This too is vapor and striving after wind.

• Ecclesiastes 3:10

  I saw the occupation that Elohim has given to human beings to be occupied with it.

• Ecclesiastes 4:8

  There is one, and no second; he has neither son nor brother, and there is no end to all his toil; also his eye is not satisfied with riches. “And for whom am I toiling and depriving my soul of good?” This too is vapor, and it is a bad occupation.

• Ecclesiastes 5:3

  For the dream comes with much occupation, and the voice of the senseless with many words.

• Ecclesiastes 5:14

  and those riches are lost in a bad occupation, and he fathers a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

• Ecclesiastes 8:16

  When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the occupation that is done on the earth — for neither by day nor by night does one see sleep with his eyes—