Labor (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)

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The meaning of Labor in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)
la'-ber (yeghia', 'amal; kopos): The word (noun and verb) denoting hard work or "toil" (thus in the Revised Version (British and American) of Deuteronomy 26:7; Joshua 7:3; Revelation 2:2) represents several Hebrew and Greek words, chiefly those above. Occasionally, as in Habakkuk 3:17 (ma'aseh), it stands for "fruit of labor." Sometimes, in conjunction with "travail," it refers to childbirth (Genesis 35:16-17, yaladh; compare I Thessalonians 2:9; II Thessalonians 3:8). Examples of the word in the ordinary sense are: of yeghia', Genesis 31:42; Job 39:11, Job 39:16; Psalms 128:2; of 'amal, common in Ecclesiastes 1:3, Ecclesiastes 1:8; Ecclesiastes 2:10-11, Ecclesiastes 2:18, etc.; of kopos, I Corinthians 15:58 ("your labor is not vain," etc.); I Thessalonians 1:3 ("work of faith and labor of love"; compare Hebrews 6:10); I Timothy 5:17 ("labor in the word and in teaching").
See WORK; SLAVERY.
James Orr

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