KJV dictionary & concordance

labour

Meaning of “labour”

1. Work, toil, effort, exertion, service, or the product of work. 2. Weariness or trouble. 3. Travail in childbirth. 4. To work, strive, serve, or exert oneself.

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89 occurrences87 verses30 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 31:42

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Genesis 31:42

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Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Genesis 31:42 · retained source text

Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the feare of Isaac had bin with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now emptie: God hath seene mine affliction, and the labour of my hands, & rebuked thee yesternight.

Genesis 35:16

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¶ And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Genesis 35:16 · retained source text

¶ And they iourneyed from Bethel: and there was but a litle way to come to Ephrath; and Rachel traueiled, and she had hard labour.

1611 marginal noteHebr. a litle piece of ground.

Genesis 35:17

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And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Genesis 35:17 · retained source text

And it came to passe when shee was in hard labour, that the midwife said vnto her, Feare not: thou shalt haue this sonne also.

Complete reference index — all 87 verses

Genesis 31:42 Genesis 35:16 Genesis 35:17 Exodus 5:9 Exodus 20:9 Deuteronomy 5:13 Deuteronomy 26:7 Joshua 7:3 Joshua 24:13 Nehemiah 4:22 Nehemiah 5:13 Job 9:29 Job 39:11 Job 39:16 Psalms 78:46 Psalms 90:10 Psalms 104:23 Psalms 105:44 Psalms 107:12 Psalms 109:11 Psalms 127:1 Psalms 128:2 Psalms 144:14 Proverbs 10:16 Proverbs 13:11 Proverbs 14:23 Proverbs 21:25 Proverbs 23:4 Ecclesiastes 1:3 Ecclesiastes 1:8 Ecclesiastes 2:10 Ecclesiastes 2:11 Ecclesiastes 2:18 Ecclesiastes 2:19 Ecclesiastes 2:20 Ecclesiastes 2:21 Ecclesiastes 2:22 Ecclesiastes 2:24 Ecclesiastes 3:13 Ecclesiastes 4:8 Ecclesiastes 4:9 Ecclesiastes 5:15 Ecclesiastes 5:18 Ecclesiastes 5:19 Ecclesiastes 6:7 Ecclesiastes 8:15 Ecclesiastes 8:17 Ecclesiastes 9:9 Ecclesiastes 10:15 Isaiah 22:4 Isaiah 45:14 Isaiah 55:2 Isaiah 65:23 Jeremiah 3:24 Jeremiah 20:18 Jeremiah 51:58 Lamentations 5:5 Ezekiel 23:29 Ezekiel 29:20 Micah 4:10 Habakkuk 2:13 Habakkuk 3:17 Haggai 1:11 Matthew 11:28 John 4:38 John 6:27 Romans 16:6 Romans 16:12 1 Corinthians 3:8 1 Corinthians 4:12 1 Corinthians 15:58 2 Corinthians 5:9 Galatians 4:11 Ephesians 4:28 Philippians 1:22 Philippians 2:25 Colossians 1:29 1 Thessalonians 1:3 1 Thessalonians 2:9 1 Thessalonians 3:5 1 Thessalonians 5:12 2 Thessalonians 3:8 1 Timothy 4:10 1 Timothy 5:17 Hebrews 4:11 Hebrews 6:10 Revelation 2:2

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Genesis 31:42 Psalm 109:11 Ecclesiastes 1:8 Ecclesiastes 3:13 Romans 16:12 1 Thessalonians 1:3 Colossians 1:29 Revelation 2:2 Ecclesiastes 1:14 Joshua 24:13 Psalms 104:23 Proverbs 10:16 Ecclesiastes 2:11 Ecclesiastes 4:8 Ecclesiastes 9:9 Jeremiah 51:58 Matthew 11:28 1 Corinthians 15:58 1 Thessalonians 2:9