Lexicon inyan: occupation, task Original Word: עִנְיָןPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: inyan Phonetic Spelling: (in-yawn') Short Definition: task NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom anahDefinitionoccupation, task NASB Translationeffort (1), investment (1), task (6).
Brown-Driver-Briggs עִנְיָן noun masculineEcclesiastes 1:13 occupation, task, only Ecclesiastes (Aramaic loan-word Lag BN 205; common in Late Hebrew); — ׳ע absolute Ecclesiastes 2:26; Ecclesiastes 3:10; Ecclesiastes 5:2; Ecclesiastes 8:16; suffix כַּעַס עִנְיָנוֺ Ecclesiastes 2:23 his task is (sheer) vextion; עִנְיָן רָע Ecclesiastes 1:13 an evil (worthless) task, so Ecclesiastes 4:8 (Masora עִנְיַן as if construct, see Baer 1; Baer 13; but Kö ii, 1, 99), and, in weakened sense, Ecclesiastes 5:12 a bad business, bad affair. Strong's business, travail From anah; ado, i.e. (generally) employment or (specifically) an affair -- business, travail. see HEBREW anah |
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