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Lexicon :: Strong's H5766 - ʿevel

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עֶוֶל
Transliteration
ʿevel
Pronunciation
eh'-vel
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1580a,1580b

Strong’s Definitions

עֶוֶל ʻevel, eh'-vel; or עָוֶל ʻâvel; and (feminine) עַוְלָה ʻavlâh; or עוֹלָה ʻôwlâh; or עֹלָה ʻôlâh; from H5765; (moral) evil:—iniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x

The KJV translates Strong's H5766 in the following manner: iniquity (36x), wickedness (7x), unrighteousness (3x), unjust (2x), perverseness (1x), unjustly (1x), unrighteously (1x), wicked (1x), wickedly (1x), variant (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x
The KJV translates Strong's H5766 in the following manner: iniquity (36x), wickedness (7x), unrighteousness (3x), unjust (2x), perverseness (1x), unjustly (1x), unrighteously (1x), wicked (1x), wickedly (1x), variant (2x).

  1. injustice, unrighteousness, wrong

    1. violent deeds of injustice

    2. injustice (of speech)

    3. injustice (generally)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֶוֶל ʻevel, eh'-vel; or עָוֶל ʻâvel; and (feminine) עַוְלָה ʻavlâh; or עוֹלָה ʻôwlâh; or עֹלָה ʻôlâh; from H5765; (moral) evil:—iniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness).
STRONGS H5766: Abbreviations
† עָ֫וֶל noun masculine injustice, unrighteousness (opposed to צְדָקָה); — ע׳ Leviticus 19:15 +; construct עֶ֫וֶל Ezekiel 28:18 (van d. H. עָוֶל, but see Baer Ginsb); suffix עַוְלוֺ Ezekiel 18:26; Ezekiel 33:13; — עשׂה עול Leviticus 19:15, Leviticus 19:35 (H) Deuteronomy 25:16; Ezekiel 3:20; Ezekiel 18:24, Ezekiel 18:26 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 33:13 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 33:15, Ezekiel 33:18; פעל ע׳ Job 34:32; הִתְעִיבוּ ע׳ Psalm 53:2 [Psalm 53:1] (|| עֲלִילָה Psalm 14:2); שׁפט ע׳ Psalm 82:2; אישׁ ע׳ Proverbs 29:27; בְּכַפַּי ׳ע Psalm 7:4 [Psalm 7:3]; בְּ מצא ע׳ Jeremiah 2:5, read probably also Ezekiel 28:15 (for MT עולתה); ישׁיב ידוֺ מע׳ Ezekiel 18:8; בְּעֶוֶל רְכֻלָּֽתְךָ Ezekiel 28:18; of God, אין עול (|| אֱמוּנָה) Deuteronomy 32:4; חָלִלָה מע׳ Job 34:10.

† עַוְלָה noun feminineJob 11:14 (? masculine Malachi 2:6 Köii. 2, 453, §345 d Ezekiel 28:15 [עולתה; but ע׳ only here Ezekiel, error for עול] questioned by SS, see AlbrechtZAW xvi (1896), 117) injustice, unrighteousness, wrong; — ע׳ Psalm 37:1 + 24 times, + 1. עוֺלָה Isaiah 61:8 (read probably עַוְלָה); עַוְלָ֫תָה Psalm 125:3; Psalm 92:16 [Psalm 92:15] (Qr) + 2 times; עֹלָ֫תָה Psalm 125:16 (Kt) Job 5:16; plural עוֺלוֺת Psalm 58:3 [Psalm 58:2]; Psalm 64:7 [Psalm 64:6]; —
1. violent deeds of injustice, בְּנֵי עַוְלָה 2 Samuel 3:34; 2 Samuel 7:10 = 1 Chronicles 17:9; בֶּןעֿ׳ Psalm 89:23 [Psalm 89:22], compare בְּנֵי עַלְוָה Hosea 10:9 (read עַוְלָה Now); אישׁ מרמה וע׳ Psalm 43:1; בע׳ Isaiah 61:8; || דַּם Micah 3:10; Habakkuk 2:11; עשׂה ע׳ Psalm 37:1; Zephaniah 3:5, Zephaniah 3:13; פעל ע׳ Psalm 58:3 [Psalm 58:2]; Psalm 119:3; Job 36:23; שׁלח ידים בע׳ Psalm 125:3.
2., injustice of speech: דבּר ע׳ Job 13:7; Job 27:4; תהגה לשׁונכם ע׳ Isaiah 59:3; בלשׁוני ע׳ Job 6:30; לא נמצא בשׂפה ע׳ Malachi 2:6; קפצה פיה ע׳ Psalm 107:42; Job 5:16.
3. injustice, in general, Psalm 64:7 [Psalm 64:6]; Job 6:29; Job 11:14; Job 15:16; Job 22:23; Job 24:20, + Job 36:33 (for MT עוֺלֶה according to Greek Version of the LXX Di Bu Du and others, Proverbs 22:8; Hosea 10:13; of God, בוֺ לא ע׳ Psalm 92:16 [Psalm 92:15]; ע׳ אֵין עִם י׳ 2 Chronicles 19:7.

עֹלָ֫תָה Job 5:16 etc., see עַוְלָה below עָוַל.

See related Strong's entry H5932.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

19:15; 19:15; 19:35

Deuteronomy

25:16; 32:4

2 Samuel

3:34; 7:10

1 Chronicles

17:9

2 Chronicles

19:7

Job

5:16; 5:16; 5:16; 6:29; 6:30; 11:14; 11:14; 13:7; 15:16; 22:23; 24:20; 27:4; 34:10; 34:32; 36:23; 36:33

Psalms

7:3; 14:2; 37:1; 37:1; 43:1; 53:1; 58:2; 58:2; 64:6; 64:6; 82:2; 89:22; 92:15; 92:15; 107:42; 119:3; 125:3; 125:3

Proverbs

22:8; 29:27

Isaiah

59:3; 61:8; 61:8

Jeremiah

2:5

Ezekiel

3:20; 18:8; 18:24; 18:26; 18:26; 28:15; 28:15; 28:18; 28:18; 33:13; 33:13; 33:15; 33:18

Hosea

10:9; 10:13

Micah

3:10

Habakkuk

2:11

Zephaniah

3:5; 3:13

Malachi

2:6; 2:6

H5766

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5766 matches the Hebrew עֶוֶל (ʿevel),
which occurs 11 times in 9 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:20 - 'And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, and he hath done perversity, and I have put a stumbling-block before him, he dieth; because thou hast not warned him, in his sin he dieth, and not remembered is his righteousness that he hath done, and his blood from thy hand I require.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:8 - In usury he doth not give, and increase taketh not, From perversity he turneth back his hand, True judgment he doth between man and man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:24 - And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, According to all the abominations That the wicked hath done, he doth -- thus he liveth, All his righteousnesses that he hath done are not remembered, For his trespass that he hath trespassed, And for his sin that he hath sinned, For them he doth die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:26 - In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, And he is dying by them, for his perversity That he hath done he dieth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:15 - Perfect art thou in thy ways, From the day of thy being produced, Till perversity hath been found in thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18 - From the abundance of thy iniquity, By the perversity of thy traffic, Thou hast polluted thy sanctuaries, And I bring forth fire from thy midst, It hath devoured thee, And I make thee become ashes on the earth, Before the eyes of all beholding thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:13 - In My saying of the righteous: He surely liveth, And -- he hath trusted on his righteousness, And he hath done perversity, All his righteous acts are not remembered, And for his perversity that he hath done, For it he doth die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:15 - (The pledge the wicked restoreth, plunder he repayeth,) In the statutes of life he hath walked, So as not to do perversity, He surely liveth -- he doth not die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:18 - In the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, And he hath done perversity -- he dieth for it.
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