עָצֵלʻâtsêl/aw-tsale'/
HebrewH610213 occurrences (KJV)
indolent
KJV renders it: slothful, sluggard.
Where it appears
- Prov 6:6Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
- Prov 6:9How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
- Prov 10:26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
- Prov 13:4The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
- Prov 15:19The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
- Prov 19:24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
- Prov 20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
- Prov 21:25The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
- Prov 22:13The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”
- Prov 26:13The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”
- Prov 26:14As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.
- Prov 26:15The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
- Prov 26:16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.