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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - Also Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing infants, oxen and donkeys 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 is my lord weeping?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: Their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword; and you will dash their children, and rip open their women with child.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:16 - Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child,
Like infants who 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 nursing infants
You have ordained strength,
Because of Your enemies,
That You may silence the enemy and the avenger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 - With Your hand from men, O LORD,
From men of the world who have their portion in this life,
And whose belly You fill with Your hidden treasure.
They are satisfied with children,
And leave the rest of their possession for their babes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 137:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:9 - Happy the one who takes and dashes
Your little ones against the rock!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:16 - Their children also will be dashed to pieces before their eyes;
Their houses will be plundered
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 fury of the LORD.
I am weary of holding it in.
“I will pour it out on the children outside,
And on the assembly of young men together;
For even the husband shall be taken with the wife,
The aged with him who is full of days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:21 - For death has come through our windows,
Has entered our palaces,
To kill off the children— no longer to be outside!
And the young men— no longer on the streets!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:7 - “Now therefore, thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Why do you commit this great evil against yourselves, to cut off from you man and woman, child and infant, out of Judah, leaving none to remain,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:5 - Her adversaries have become the master,
Her enemies prosper;
For the LORD has afflicted her
Because of the multitude of her transgressions.
Her children have gone into captivity before the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11 - My eyes fail with tears,
My heart is troubled;
My bile is poured on the ground
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
Because the children and the infants
Faint 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 your heart like water before the face of the Lord.
Lift your hands toward Him
For the life of your young children,
Who faint from hunger at the head of every street.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:20 - “See, O LORD, and consider!
To whom have You done this?
Should the women eat their offspring,
The children they have cuddled?[fn]
Should the priest and 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 infant clings
To the roof of its mouth for thirst;
The young children ask for bread,
But no one breaks it for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:16 - Samaria is held guilty,[fn]
For she has rebelled against her God.
They shall fall by the sword,
Their infants shall be dashed in pieces,
And their women with child ripped open.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:16 - Gather the people,
Sanctify the congregation,
Assemble the elders,
Gather the children and nursing babes;
Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber,
And the bride from her dressing room.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:9 - The women of My people you cast out
From their pleasant houses;
From their children
You have taken away My glory forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:10 - Yet she was carried away,
She went into captivity;
Her young children also were dashed to pieces
At the head of every street;
They cast lots for her honorable men,
And all her great men were bound in chains.
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