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HebrewH5766Noun (Masculine)

עָ֫וֶל

e.vel

46Occurrences
H5766Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

(moral) evil

or עָוֶל; and (feminine) עַוְלָה; or עוֹלָה; or עֹלָה; from H5765 (עֲוַל);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
injustice, unrighteousness Another spelling of av.lah (*עַוְלָה *"injustice" H5766B)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

עָ֫וֶל appears 46 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Job
12
Ezk
9
Psalms
6
2 Samuel
2
Deuteronomy
2
Isaiah
2
Leviticus
2
Proverbs
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 17:9BSB

And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning

Ezk 28:15BSB

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Isaiah 61:8BSB

For I, the LORD, love justice;I hate robbery and iniquity;in My faithfulness I will give them their recompenseand make an everlasting covenant with them.

Job 34:32BSB

Teach me what I cannot see;if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’

Proverbs 22:8BSB

He who sows injustice will reap disaster,and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.