עֶצֶבʻetseb/eh'-tseb/
HebrewH60897 occurrences (KJV)
an earthen vessel; usually (painful) toil; also a pang (whether of body or mind)
KJV renders it: grievous, idol, labor, sorrow.
Where it appears
- Gen 3:16To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bear children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
- Ps 127:2It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
- Prov 5:10lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.
- Prov 10:22Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.
- Prov 14:23In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
- Prov 15:1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
- Jer 22:28Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? Is he a vessel in which no one delights? Why are they cast out, he and his offspring, and cast into a land which they don’t know?
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.