HebrewH5767Noun (Masculine)

עַוָּל

av.val

5Occurrences
H5767Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

evil (morally)

intensive from H5765 (עֲוַל);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
unjust one, perverse one, unrighteous one

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

עַוָּל appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Job
4
Zephaniah
1

Key Passages

Job 18:21BSB

Surely such is the dwelling of the wickedand the place of one who does not know God.”

Job 27:7BSB

May my enemy be like the wickedand my opponent like the unjust.

Job 29:17BSB

I shattered the fangs of the unjustand snatched the prey from his teeth.

Job 31:3BSB

Does not disaster come to the unjustand calamity to the workers of iniquity?

Zephaniah 3:5BSB

The LORD within her is righteous;He does no wrong.He applies His justice morning by morning;He does not fail at dawn,yet the unjust know no shame.

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