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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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Lamentations 5:5
Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 5:5 · retained source text

Our neckes are vnder persecution: we labour and haue no rest.

1611 marginal noteHeb. on our necks are we persecuted.

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