Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #6045 - עִנְיָן inyan (occupation)

Original Word:	עִנְיָן
Transliteration:	inyan
Definition:	occupation, task
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(in-yawn')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

business, travail

From anah; ado, i.e. (generally) employment or (specifically) an affair -- business, travail.

see HEBREW anah

Englishman's Concordance

1) occupation, task, job
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H6031
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1651a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עִנְיָןnoun masculine^{Ecclesiastes 1:13}occupation, task, only Ecclesiastes (Aramaic loan-word Lag^{BN 205}; common in Late Hebrew); — ׳ע absolute Ecclesiastes 2:26; Ecclesiastes 3:10; Ecclesiastes 5:2; Ecclesiastes 8:16; suffix כַּעַס עִנְיָנוֺEcclesiastes 2:23his task is (sheer) vextion; עִנְיָן רָעEcclesiastes 1:13an evil (worthless) task, so Ecclesiastes 4:8 (Masora עִנְיַן as if construct, see Baer¹; Baer¹³; but Kö^{ii, 1, 99}), and, in weakened sense, Ecclesiastes 5:12a bad business, bad affair.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 6045. עִנְיָן (inyan) — 8 Occurrences

Ecclesiastes 1:13
HEB:הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם ה֣וּא ׀ עִנְיַ֣ן רָ֗ע נָתַ֧ן
NAS: [It] is a grievous task [which] God
KJV: this sore travail hath God
INT: heaven he task grievous has given

Ecclesiastes 2:23
HEB:מַכְאֹבִ֗ים וָכַ֙עַס֙ עִנְיָנ֔וֹ גַּם־ בַּלַּ֖יְלָה
NAS: his days his task is painful
KJV: [are] sorrows, and his travail grief;
INT: is painful and grievous his task even night

Ecclesiastes 2:26
HEB:וְלַחוֹטֶא֩ נָתַ֨ן עִנְיָ֜ן לֶאֱס֣וֹף וְלִכְנ֗וֹס
NAS: He has given the task of gathering
KJV: he giveth travail, to gather
INT: to the sinner has given the task of gathering and collecting

Ecclesiastes 3:10
HEB:רָאִ֣יתִי אֶת־ הָֽעִנְיָ֗ן אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֧ן
NAS: I have seen the task which God
KJV: I have seen the travail, which God
INT: have seen the task which has given

Ecclesiastes 4:8
HEB:זֶ֥ה הֶ֛בֶל וְעִנְיַ֥ן רָ֖ע הֽוּא׃
NAS: is vanity and it is a grievous task.
KJV: yea, it [is] a sore travail.
INT: he is vanity task grievous he

Ecclesiastes 5:3
HEB:הַחֲל֖וֹם בְּרֹ֣ב עִנְיָ֑ן וְק֥וֹל כְּסִ֖יל
NAS: through much effort and the voice
KJV: through the multitude of business; and a fool's
INT: the dream much effort and the voice of a fool

Ecclesiastes 5:14
HEB:הָעֹ֥שֶׁר הַה֖וּא בְּעִנְיַ֣ן רָ֑ע וְהוֹלִ֣יד
NAS: through a bad investment and he had fathered
KJV: by evil travail: and he begetteth
INT: riches those investment A bad had fathered

Ecclesiastes 8:16
HEB:וְלִרְאוֹת֙ אֶת־ הָ֣עִנְיָ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשָׂ֖ה
NAS: and to see the task which
KJV: and to see the business that is done
INT: wisdom see the task which has been done

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