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Lexicon :: Strong's H5768 - ʿôlēl

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עוֹלֵל
Transliteration
ʿôlēl
Pronunciation
o-lale'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1579c

Strong’s Definitions

עוֹלֵל ʻôwlêl, o-lale'; or עֹלָל ʻôlâl; from H5763; a suckling:—babe, (young) child, infant, little one.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H5768 in the following manner: children (13x), infant (3x), babes (2x), child (1x), little ones (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H5768 in the following manner: children (13x), infant (3x), babes (2x), child (1x), little ones (1x).

  1. child, boy

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עוֹלֵל ʻôwlêl, o-lale'; or עֹלָל ʻôlâl; from H5763; a suckling:—babe, (young) child, infant, little one.
STRONGS H5768: Abbreviations
† עוֺלֵל, עוֺלָל noun masculineLamentations 2:19 child; — absolute עוֺלֵל 1 Samuel 15:3 +, עוֺלָל Jeremiah 6:11; Jeremiah 9:20; usually plural עוֺלְלִים Psalm 8:3, עֹלְלִים Job 3:16, עוֺלָלִים Lamentations 4:4; Joel 2:16; construct עֹלְלֵי Lamentations 2:20; suffix עֹלָלַיִךְ Psalm 137:9, עֹלָלֶיהָ Micah 2:9 +, עֹלְלֵיהֶם 2 Kings 8:2 +, etc.; — child Micah 2:9; Lamentations 2:19, 20; Lamentations 4:4; + יוֺנֵק (sometimes distinguished from men and women), 1 Samuel 15:3; 1 Samuel 22:19; Psalm 8:3; Jeremiah 44:7; Lamentations 2:11; Joel 2:16, || בַּחוּרִים Jeremiah 6:11; Jeremiah 9:20; || בָּנִים Psalm 17:14 (heirs of father); dashed in pieces (רטשׁ) by foe 2 Kings 8:12; Hosea 14:1; Nahum 3:10; Isaiah 13:16, compare Psalm 137:9 (נִפֵּץ); taken captive Lamentations 1:5; stillborn Job 3:16.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

15:3; 15:3; 22:19

2 Kings

8:2; 8:12

Job

3:16; 3:16

Psalms

8:3; 8:3; 17:14; 137:9; 137:9

Isaiah

13:16

Jeremiah

6:11; 6:11; 9:20; 9:20; 44:7

Lamentations

1:5; 2:11; 2:19; 2:19; 2:20; 2:20; 4:4; 4:4

Hosea

14:1

Joel

2:16; 2:16

Micah

2:9; 2:9

Nahum

3:10

H5768

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Strong's Number H5768 matches the Hebrew עוֹלֵל (ʿôlēl),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen and asses and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:16 -
Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been,
As infants that never saw light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 -
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength,
Because of thine adversaries,
That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 -
From men by thy hand, O Jehovah,
From men of the world, whose portion is in this life,
And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure:
They are satisfied with children,
And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:9 -
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones
Against the rock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:16 - Their infants also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be rifled, and their wives ravished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:11 - Therefore I am full of the wrath of Jehovah; I am weary with holding in: pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:21 - For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:7 - Therefore now thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your own souls, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, to leave you none remaining;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:5 -
Her adversaries are become the head, her enemies prosper;
For Jehovah hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions:
Her young children are gone into captivity before the adversary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11 -
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my heart is troubled;
My liver is poured upon the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
Because the young children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:19 -
Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches;
Pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord:
Lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:20 -
See, O Jehovah, and behold to whom thou hast done thus!
Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands?
Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:4 -
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst:
The young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:16 - Samaria shall bear her guilt; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:16 - gather the people, sanctify the assembly, assemble the old men, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:9 - The women of my people ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children ye take away my glory for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:10 - Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity; her young children also were dashed in pieces at the head of all the streets; and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
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