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Ecclesiastes 10:18
“By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עַצְלָהʻatslâh · ats-law'
H6103 · Hebrew
H6103 · Hebrew
- Definition
- (as abstractly) indolence
- Derivation
- feminine of H6102 (עָצֵל);
- KJV renderings
- slothfulness.
- Grammar
- בַּ — preposition
- עֲצַלְתַּ֖יִם — common noun, feminine, dual, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 2 times in the Hebrew Bible.Proverbs 19:15
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עַצְלָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.