Task
עִנְיָןStrong’s H6045inyan (in-yan)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Inyan is the Hebrew word usually translated “task”, “task of” and “task his”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.”
Meaning
- Occupation, task, job
How it's translated
- the task 2
- a task of 1
- task his 1
- a task 1
- and a task of 1
- business 1
- in a business of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ecclesiastes 8
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ecclesiastes 2:23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 2:26For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
- Ecclesiastes 3:10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
- Ecclesiastes 4:8There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
- Ecclesiastes 5:3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
- Ecclesiastes 5:14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
Hebrew dictionary
עִנְיָן inyan · task
occupation, task, job
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “task” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
T'ASK, noun
- Business imposed by another, often a definite quantity or amount of labor. Exodus 5:14
- Business; employment.
- Burdensome employment.
All definitions and other forms of “task”
T'ASK, verb transitive
- To impose a task; to assign to one a definite amount of business or labor.
- To burden with some employment; to require to perform.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.