Hebrew wordʻâmalaw-mal'עָמַלWhat it meansto toil, i.e. work severely and with irksomenessWhere it comes froma primitive rootHow the King James translates itlaboured5labour2taketh2laboureth1took1Every place it appears 11Psalms127:1Proverbs16:26Ecclesiastes1:32:112:192:202:215:165:188:17Jonah4:10