LABOR. la'-ber (yeghia`, `amal; kopos): The word (noun and verb) denoting hard work or "toil" (thus in the Revised Version (British and American) of Deuteronomy 26:7; Joshua 7:3; Revelation 2:2) represents several Hebrew and Greek words, chiefly those above. Occasionally, as in Habakkuk 3:17 (ma`aseh), it stands for "fruit of labor."

LABOR (Gr. κόπος, G3160, Heb. יְגִיעָה, H3331, עָמָל֒, H6662. Trs. “labor” thirteen times, “trouble” five times, “weariness” once in NT.) Meaning: (1) work, labor in the physical, originally in the agricultural sphere, (2) moral action, deed, hence, with adjectives or genitives defining its character” (Souter); synonym: work, ἔργον, G2240.

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LABOUR. Greek and Roman thought regarded those who lived by labour as indispensable but contemptible necessities. Jewish teaching stood in strong contrast to this. ‘Hate not laborious work’ (Sir 7:15) was accepted as a rule of life.

La charrue du paysan palestinien, encore aujourd'hui fort primitive et réduite à quelques pièces de bois plus ou moins solidement ajustées (fig. 4 ; voir Gens et choses de Pal., p. 90s), n'a pour pièce de fer que le soc, que les prophètes ont plusieurs fois comparé à l'épée du...

17 Bible Verses about Labor ... "They will not labor in vain, Or bear children for calamity; For they are the offspring of those blessed by the LORD, And their descendants with them. Labor » The laborers of the harvest. Luke 10:1-12. Now after this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place ...

In 1 Timothy 5:17, Paul speaks of those elders "who labor in word and teaching." Paul’s word is very inclusive. Laboring in the word does not merely mean to speak the word to others. It also means that the elders have to learn the Word. Paul set himself up as a good pattern in this regard.