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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Requiring perseverance or sacrifice; toilsome; tiresome.

2. (a.) Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious mechanic.

Greek

2873. kopos -- laborious toil
... laborious toil. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: kopos Phonetic
Spelling: (kop'-os) Short Definition: trouble, toil, labor Definition: (a ...
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4190. poneros -- toilsome, bad
... 4190 (an adjective which is also used substantively, derived from 4192 , "pain,
laborious trouble") -- properly, , emphasizing the inevitable agonies (misery ...
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3425. mogis -- hardly.
... difficulty; scarcely, hardly. Cognate: 3425 (from , "laborious toil") --
properly, (), ie what happens with . 3425 ("scarcely") also ...
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3433. molis -- with difficulty
... ie because it is so . [3425 (from , "laborious toil") focuses on the of
a difficulty.]. Word Origin from molos (toil) Definition ...
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4189. poneria -- iniquity
... Cognate: 4189 (from 4192 , "pain, laborious trouble") -- properly, -ridden evil,
derived from 4192 () which refers to " ()" - resulting in "toil, then drudge ...
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3449. mochthos -- toil, hardship
... 3449 (from , "laborious toil") -- wearisome, difficult effort (psychologically or
physically); hard work, "implying of energy and effort" (, 1, 42.48). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6469. Peulletay -- "laborious," a Levite
... 6468, 6469. Peulletay. 6470 . "laborious," a Levite. Transliteration: Peulletay
Phonetic Spelling: (peh-ool-leh-thah'-ee) Short Definition: Peullethai. ...
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5656. abodah -- labor, service
... Definition labor, service NASB Word Usage bondage (4), construction (2), construction
work (1), job (2), kind of service (2), labor (9), laborious (12), labors ...
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Library

Wherefore Christ Undertook a Method of Setting us Free So Painful ...
... CHAPTER VIII Wherefore Christ undertook a method of setting us free so painful and
laborious, when a word from Him, or an act of His will, would alone have ...
/.../chapter viii wherefore christ undertook.htm

John iv. 54; v. 1
... ten thousand blessings? "But continual prayer is a laborious thing." And
what that belongs to virtue is not laborious? "In truth ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily xxxvi john iv 54.htm

The Inwardness of Prayer
... Our cooperation with God is our receptivity; but it is an active, a laborious
receptivity, an importunity that drains our strength away if it do not tap the ...
/.../forsyth/the soul of prayer/chapter i the inwardness of.htm

Of Contemplation in General; what it Is. ...
... 1. Hitherto the exercises of a devout soul have been exceedingly laborious, in which
she hath been obliged to use force and constraint (more or less) upon ...
/.../chapter i of contemplation in.htm

Whether Grace is the Principle of Merit through Charity More ...
... On the second point: there are two ways in which a work may be laborious and difficult.
It may be so because of its magnitude, which increases its merit. ...
/.../aquinas/nature and grace/article four whether grace is 3.htm

Of David's Reign and Merit; and of his Son Solomon, and that ...
... and held canonical by the Jews, to show what of this kind may be found in them
pertaining to Christ and the Church demands a laborious discussion, which, if ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 20 of davids reign and.htm

Doctrinal and Moral Treatises. Index of Subjects.
... his works on Lying of different dates, [449]457; uses a homely style in practical
matters, [450]458; his avocations, [451]481; life laborious, (bodily infirmity ...
/.../on care to be had for the dead /doctrinal and moral treatises index.htm

"For to be Carnally Minded is Death; but to be Spiritually Minded ...
... But the way of sin in itself is most laborious, most difficult. ... O how painful
and laborious is it to fulfil the lusts of the flesh! ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon xix for to be.htm

The Supposed Effects of Christianity.
... probity in the transaction of business, if it produce soft and humane manners in
the mass of the community, and occasional exertions of laborious or expensive ...
/.../paley/evidences of christianity/chapter vii the supposed effects.htm

A Notice of Aetius, Eunomius' Master in Heresy, and of Eunomius ...
... quite at his fingers' end, sitting under a goat's-hair tent, with a small hammer,
and a diminutive anvil, and so earned a precarious and laborious livelihood. ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 6 a notice of.htm

Thesaurus

Laborious (12 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious mechanic.
Multi-Version Concordance Laborious (12 Occurrences). ...
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Bore (221 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as, to bore one's
way through a crowd; to force a narrow and difficult passage through. ...
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Laboring (8 Occurrences)

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Jacob's (34 Occurrences)
... probably twice as deep. The digging of such a well must have been a very
laborious and costly undertaking. "Unfortunately, the well ...
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Laboriously (1 Occurrence)

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Gasp (5 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration;
to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently. ...
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Toilsome (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Laborious; wearisome; as, toilsome work.
Multi-Version Concordance Toilsome (3 Occurrences). Ecclesiastes ...
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Tools (3 Occurrences)
... sand. But sawing stone was a very laborious process, and this was one reason
why the ancients preferred stone in large blocks. These ...
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Exertion (2 Occurrences)
... a laborious or perceptible effort; as, an exertion of strength or power; an exertion
of the limbs or of the mind; it is an exertion for him to move, to-day. ...
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Encumbrance (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action,
or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. ...
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Bible Concordance

Laborious (12 Occurrences)

Leviticus 23:7 In the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
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Leviticus 23:8 But you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh seven days. In the seventh day is a holy convocation: you shall do no regular work.'"
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Leviticus 23:21 You shall make proclamation on the same day: there shall be a holy convocation to you; you shall do no regular work. This is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
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Leviticus 23:25 You shall do no regular work; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh.'"
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Leviticus 23:35 On the first day shall be a holy convocation: you shall do no regular work.
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Leviticus 23:36 Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular work.
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Numbers 28:18 In the first day shall be a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work;
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Numbers 28:25 On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation: you shall do no servile work.
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Numbers 28:26 "'Also in the day of the first fruits, when you offer a new meal offering to Yahweh in your feast of weeks, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work;
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Numbers 29:1 "'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets to you.
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Numbers 29:12 "'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work, and you shall keep a feast to Yahweh seven days:
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Numbers 29:35 "'On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly: you shall do no servile work;
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Subtopics

Laborious

Related Terms

Bore (221 Occurrences)

Laboring (8 Occurrences)

Jacob's (34 Occurrences)

Laboriously (1 Occurrence)

Gasp (5 Occurrences)

Toilsome (3 Occurrences)

Tools (3 Occurrences)

Exertion (2 Occurrences)