# H6089 עֶצֶב

עֶצֶב (ʻetseb), Strong’s H6089: an earthen vessel; usually (painful) toil; also a pang (whether of body or mind) KJV: grievous, idol, labor, sorrow.. Occurs 7 times.

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*ʻetseb* — an earthen vessel; usually (painful) toil; also a pang (whether of body or mind)

KJV: grievous, idol, labor, sorrow.

Derived from [עָצַב ʻâtsab](https://besorah.bible/word/H6087) (to carve, i.e. fabricate or fashion)

Occurs 7 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עֶ֫צֶב n.[m.] pain, hurt, toil
- עֶ֫צֶב n.m
- עֶ֫צֶב n.m. vessel (as fashioned);—Je 22:28

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 3:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/3?v=16) — To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. You will bear children in pain. Your desire…
- [Jeremiah 22:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/22?v=28) — Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? Is he a vessel in which no one delights? Why are they cast out, he and his…
- [Psalms 127:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/127?v=2) — It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
- [Proverbs 5:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/5?v=10) — lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man’s house.
- [Proverbs 10:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/10?v=22) — The LORD’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.
- [Proverbs 14:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/14?v=23) — In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
- [Proverbs 15:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/15?v=1) — A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.