Strong's Lexicon: H5766 עֶוֶל עָוֶל עַולָה עוֹלָה עוֹלָה

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H5766
Word:	עֶוֶל עָוֶל עַולָה עוֹלָה עוֹלָה
Part of Speech:	n-e.
Etymology:	from H5765
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	54
Transliteration:	evel
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	`evel (eh'-vel) (or lavel {aw'-vel}and (feminine) lavlah {av-law'}; or owlah {o-law'}; or .olah {o-law'};) n-e.
Meaning:	1. (moral) evil
KJV Renderings:	iniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness).

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BDB5882

עָ֫וֶל noun masculine injustice, unrighteousness (opposed to צְדָקָה); — ׳ ע Lev 19:15 +; construct עֶ֫וֶל Ezek 28:18 ( van d. H. עָוֶל, but see Baer Ginsb); suffix עַוְלוֺ Ezek 18:26; Ezek 33:13 — עשׂה עול Lev 19:15; Lev 19:35 ( H ) Deut 25:16 ; Ezek 3:20 ; Ezek 18:24; Ezek 18:26 (twice in verse); Ezek 33:13 (twice in verse); Ezek 33:15; Ezek 33:18 ׳ פעל ע Job 34:32 ׳ הִתְעִיבוּ ע Ps 53:2 (|| עֲלִילָה Ps 14:2); ׳ שׁפט ע Ps 82:2 ׳ אישׁ ע Prov 29:27 בְּכַפַּי ׳ ע Ps 7:4 בְּ ׳ מצא ע Jer 2:5, read probably also Ezek 28:15 (for ᵑ0 עולתה); ישׁיב ידוֺ ׳ מע Ezek 18:8 בְּעֶוֶל רְכֻלָּֽתְךָ Ezek 28:18 of God, אין עול (|| אֱמוּנָה) Deut 32:4 ׳ חָלִלָה מע Job 34:10.

BDB5884

עַוְלָה noun feminine^{Job 11:14} (? masculine Mal 2:6 Kö^{ii. 2, 453, § 345 d} Ezek 28:15 [ עולתה; but ׳ ע only here Ezekiel, error for עול] questioned by SS, see Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 117}) injustice, unrighteousness, wrong; — ׳ ע Ps 37:1 + 24 t., + 1. עוֺלָה Isa 61:8 (read probably עַוְלָה); עַוְלָ֫תָה Ps 125:3; Ps 92:16 ( Qr ) + 2 t.; עֹלָ֫תָה v Ps 125:16 ( Kt ) Job 5:16 plural עוֺלוֺת Ps 58:3; Ps 64:7 —

1. violent deeds of injustice, בְּנֵי עַוְלָה 2Sam 3:34; 2Sam 7:10 = 1Chr 17:9 ׳ בֶּןעֿ Ps 89:23, compare בְּנֵי עַלְוָה Hos 10:9 (read עַוְלָה Now); ׳ אישׁ מרמה וע Ps 43:1 ׳ בע Isa 61:8 || דַּם Mic 3:10; Hab 2:11 ׳ עשׂה ע Ps 37:1; Zeph 3:5; Zeph 3:13 ׳ פעל ע Ps 58:3; Ps 119:3; Job 36:23 שׁלח ידים ׳ בע Ps 125:3.

2. injustice of speech: ׳ דבּר ע Job 13:7; Job 27:4 תהגה ׳ לשׁונכם ע Isa 59:3 ׳ בלשׁוני ע Job 6:30 לא נמצא בשׂפה ׳ ע Mal 2:6 קפצה פיה ׳ ע Ps 107:42 ; Job 5:16 .

3. injustice, in general, Ps 64:7; Job 6:29; Job 11:14; Job 15:16; Job 22:23; Job 24:20, + Job 36:33 (for ᵑ0 עוֺלֶה according to ᵐ5 Di Bu Du and others, Prov 22:8; Hos 10:13 of God, בוֺ ׳ לא ע Ps 92:16 ׳ ע ׳ אֵין עִם י 2Chr 19:7.

BDB6086

I. עַלְוָה transposed from עַוְלָה (q. v.) Hos 10:9.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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