H5767 עַוָּל (ʻavvâl) av-vawl'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

unjust

Strong's Definition

evil (morally)

Derivation: intensive from H5765 (עֲוַל);

KJV Usage: unjust, unrighteous, wicked.

TWOT Reference: 1580c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) unjust one, perverse one, unrighteous one

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עַוָּל (av.val) — unjust. unjust one, perverse one, unrighteous one

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עַוָּל (H5767)

noun m · עול

Wrong

unrighteous one, evil-doer poetic term: = humans engaged in actions that are considered wrong in a general sense

JOB 18:21 · JOB 27:7 · JOB 29:17 · JOB 31:3 · ZEP 3:5

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עַוָּל n.m. unjust, unrighteous one base

Bible Occurrences (5)

18:21 27:7 29:17 31:3

3:5

Job 18:21

Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked [and] the place of one who does not know God.

Job 27:7

May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.

Job 29:17

I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Job 31:3

Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

Zephaniah 3:5

The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.