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Lexicon :: Strong's H5768 - ʿôlēl

Aa
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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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 Box1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - Go now and put Amalek to the sword, putting to the curse all they have, without mercy: put to death every man and woman, every child and baby at the breast, every ox and sheep, camel and ass.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:19 - And Nob, the town of the priests, he put to the sword, all the men and women, children and babies at the breast, and oxen and asses and sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - And Hazael said, Why is my lord weeping? Then he said in answer, Because I see the evil which you will do to the children of Israel: burning down their strong towns, putting their young men to death with the sword, smashing their little ones against the stones, and cutting open the women who are with child.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:16 - Or as a child dead at birth I might never have come into existence; like young children who have not seen the light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:2 - You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 - With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 137:9 - Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:16 - Their young children will be broken up before their eyes; their goods will be taken away, and their wives made the property of others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:11 - For this reason I am full of the wrath of the Lord, I am tired of keeping it in: may it be let loose on the children in the street, and on the band of the young men together: for even the husband with his wife will be taken, the old man with him who is full of days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:21 - For death has come up into our windows, forcing its way into our great houses; cutting off the children in the streets and the young men in the wide places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:7 - So now, the Lord, the God of armies, the God of Israel, has said, Why are you doing this great evil against yourselves, causing every man and woman, little child and baby at the breast among you in Judah to be cut off till not one is still living;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:5 - Those who are against her have become the head, everything goes well for her haters; for the Lord has sent sorrow on her because of the great number of her sins: her young children have gone away as prisoners before the attacker.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:11 - My eyes are wasted with weeping, the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved, my inner parts are drained out on the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because of the young children and babies at the breast who are falling without strength in the open squares of the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:19 - Up! give cries in the night, at the starting of the night-watches; let your heart be flowing out like water before the face of the Lord, lifting up your hands to him for the life of your young children who are falling down, feeble for need of food, at the top of every street.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:20 - Look! O Lord, see to whom you have done this! Are the women to take as their food the fruit of their bodies, the children who are folded in their arms? are the priest and the prophet to be put to death in the holy place of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:4 - The tongue of the child at the breast is fixed to the roof of his mouth for need of drink: the young children are crying out for bread, and no man gives it to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:16 - Samaria will be made waste, for she has gone against her God: they will be cut down by the sword, their little children will be broken on the rocks, their women who are with child will be cut open.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:16 - Get the people together, make the mass of the people holy, send for the old men, get together the children and babies at the breast: let the newly married man come out of his room and the bride from her tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:9 - The women of my people you have been driving away from their dearly loved children; from their young ones you are taking my glory for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:10 - But even she has been taken away, she has gone away as a prisoner: even her young children are smashed to bits at the top of all the streets: the fate of her honoured men is put to the decision of chance, and all her great men are put in chains.
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