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labor

fellow laborers, forced labor, hard labor, hard-working, laborer, occupation, strive, struggle, toil

Definition:

The term "labor" refers to doing physical work of any kind.

  • In general, labor is any task which uses energy. It is often implied that the task is difficult.
  • A laborer is a person who does any type of labor.
  • In English, the word "labor" is also used for part of the process of giving birth. Other languages may have a completely different word for this.
  • Ways to translate "labor" could include "work" or "hard work" or "difficult work" or to "work hard."
  • "Toil" is hard, unpleasant work, and to "toil" is to do hard, unpleasant work.
  • An "occupation" is the work or labor that a person does to obtain food, clothing, shelter, and the other things he needs to live.
  • Sometimes "strive" and "struggle" mean to work very hard to do something.

(See also: hard, labor pains)

Bible References:

Word Data:

  • Strong's: H3018, H3021, H3022, H3205, H4522, H4639, H5447, H5450, H5647, H5656, H5998, H5999, H6001, H6089, H6468, H8104, G75, G2038, G2040, G2041, G2716, G2872, G2873, G3449, G4866, G4904

Forms Found in the English ULB:

fellow laborers, forced labor, hard labor, hard-working, labor, labored, laborer, laborer's, laborers, laboring, labors, occupation, product of ... labor, products of ... labor, strive, strives, striving together, struggle, toil, toiled, toiling, toils