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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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Jeremiah 3:24
For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 3:24 · retained source text

For shame hath deuoured the labour of our fathers from our youth: their flockes and their heards, their sonnes and their daughters.

Jeremiah 20:18
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 20:18 · retained source text

Wherefore came I forth out of the wombe to see labour and sorrow, that my daies should be consumed with shame?

1611 marginal noteIob.3.20.

Jeremiah 51:58
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 51:58 · retained source text

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, The broad walles of Babylon shalbe vtterly broken, and her high gates shal be burnt with fire, and the people shall labour in vaine, and the folke in the fire, and they shall be weary.

1611 marginal noteOr, the walles of broad Babylon.

1611 marginal noteOr, made naked.

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