עָצֵל ʻâtsêl

Meaning

indolent

In the King James Version: slothful, sluggard.

Derivation: from H6101 (עָצַל);

Where it is used

• Proverbs 6:6 Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
• Proverbs 6:9 How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
• Proverbs 10:26 Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
• Proverbs 13:4 The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
• Proverbs 15:19 The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
• Proverbs 19:24 The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.
• Proverbs 20:4 The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
• Proverbs 21:25 The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
• Proverbs 22:13 The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
• Proverbs 24:30 I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
• Proverbs 26:13 The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
• Proverbs 26:14 As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
• Proverbs 26:15 The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
• Proverbs 26:16 The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.