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H5765 עֲוַל (ʻăval) aw-val'

Hebrew
Verb (Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

to act unjustly

Strong's Definition

to distort (morally)

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: deal unjustly, unrighteous.

TWOT Reference: 1580

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to act wrongfully or unjustly, deviate from
1a) (Piel) to act wrongfully

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עָוַל (a.val) — to act unjustly. 1) to act wrongfully or unjustly, deviate from 1a) (Piel) to act wrongfully

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · עֲוִיל · עוּל · עַוָּל · עָוֶל · עַוְלָה · עַלְוָה · עֹולֵל · עֹולָל

Wrong | verb pi

to act wrongfully poetic term: = action by which humans are engaged in activities that are considered wrong in a general sense

PSA 71:4 · ISA 26:10

verb

Ingest | verb qal

to suckle, to nurse = state in which animals have young that depend on their milk

GEN 33:13 · 1SA 6:7 · 1SA 6:10 · PSA 78:71 · ISA 40:11

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עָוַל vb. denom. act wrongfully base

Bible Occurrences (2)

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