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Lexicon :: Strong's H5766 - ʿevel

Aa
עֶוֶל
Transliteration
ʿevel
Pronunciation
eh'-vel
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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 54 times in 51 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Lev 19:15–Zep 3:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:15 - Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:35 - Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:16 - For all who do such things, and all whose ways are not upright, are disgusting to the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:4 - He is the Rock, complete is his work; for all his ways are righteousness: a God without evil who keeps faith, true and upright is he.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:34 - Your hands were free, your feet were not chained: like the downfall of a man before evil men, so was your fall. And the weeping of the people over him went on again.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:10 - And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be living in the place which is theirs, and never again be moved; and never again will they be troubled by evil men as they were at the first,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:9 - And I will make a resting-place for my people Israel, planting them there, so that they may be in the place which is theirs and never again be moved; and never again will they be made waste by evil men, as they were at first,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:7 - So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:16 - So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:29 - Let your minds be changed, and do not have an evil opinion of me; yes, be changed, for my righteousness is still in me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30 - Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14 - If you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:7 - Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:16 - How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:23 - If you come back to the Ruler of all, making yourself low before him; if you put evil far away from your tents;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:20 - The public place of his town has no more knowledge of him, and his name has gone from the memory of men: he is rooted up like a dead tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:4 - Truly, there is no deceit in my lips, and my tongue does not say what is false.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:10 - Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:23 - Who ever gave orders to him, or said to him, You have done wrong?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:3 - O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:1 - <Of David.> Do not be angry because of the wrongdoers, or have envy of the workers of evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1 - Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:1 - <To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath. Maschil. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:2 - The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:6 - Or make discovery of our secret purpose? The design is framed with care; and the inner thought of a man, and his heart, is deep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:2 - How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:22 - The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:15 - For a sign that the Lord is upright; he is my Rock, there is no deceit in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:42

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:42 - The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:3 - They do no evil; they go in his ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:3 - For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright; so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:8 - By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:27 - An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:3 - For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:5 - These are the words of the Lord: What evil have your fathers seen in me that they have gone far from me, and, walking after what is false, have become false?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 3:20 - Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be no memory of the upright acts which he has done; but I will make you responsible for his blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:8 - And has not given his money out at interest or taken great profits, and, turning his hand from evil-doing, has kept faith between man and man,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:24 - But when the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, like all the disgusting things which the evil man does, will he have life? Not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory: in the wrong which he has done and in his sin death will overtake him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:26 - When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him; in the evil which he has done death will overtake him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:15 - There has been no evil in your ways from the day when you were made, till sin was seen in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:18 - By all your sin, even by your evil trading, you have made your holy places unclean; so I will make a fire come out from you, it will make a meal of you, and I will make you as dust on the earth before the eyes of all who see you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:13 - When I say to the upright that life will certainly be his; if he puts his faith in his righteousness and does evil, not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory; but in the evil he has done, death will overtake him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:15 - If the evil-doer lets one who is in his debt have back what is his, and gives back what he had taken by force, and is guided by the rules of life, doing no evil; life will certainly be his, death will not overtake him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 33:18 - When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:13 - You have been ploughing sin, you have got in a store of evil, the fruit of deceit has been your food: for you put faith in your way, in the number of your men of war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:10 - They are building up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with evil-doing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:12 - A curse on him who is building a place with blood, and basing a town on evil-doing!

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:5 - The Lord in her is upright; he will not do evil; every morning he lets his righteousness be seen, he is unchanging; but the evil-doer has no sense of shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:13 - The rest of Israel will do no evil and say no false words; the tongue of deceit will not be seen in their mouth: for they will take their food and their rest, and no one will be a cause of fear to them.

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