עָמַל

From LSJ

ἐλπίδες ἐν ζωοῖσιν, ἀνέλπιστοι δὲ θανόντες → hope is for the living, while the dead despair

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English (Strong)

a primitive root; to toil, i.e. work severely and with irksomeness: (take) labour (in).