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Be sluggish

עָצֵלStrong’s H6101

atsal (a-tsal)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Atsal is the Hebrew word usually translated “hesitate”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.”
Judges 18:9 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Niphal) to be sluggish
How it's translated
  • you hesitate 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Judges 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    עָצֵל atsal · be sluggish

    (Niphal) to be sluggish

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.