Quick Definition
wantonness
Strong's Definition
an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense); by implication, an opportunity
Derivation: or עֲלִלָה; from H5953 (עָלַל) in the sense of effecting;
KJV Usage: act(-ion), deed, doing, invention, occasion, work.
TWOT Reference: 1627c
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עֲלִילָה (a.li.lah) — wantonness. 1) wantonness, deed, doing 1a) wantonness 1b) deed 1c) practices, evil deeds
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · עלל
Happen | ≈ פֹּעַל
deed = an activity performed by a deity
1CH 16:8 · PSA 9:12 · PSA 77:13 · PSA 78:11 · PSA 105:1 · ISA 12:4
Act
Collocation: דֶּרֶךְ
deeds = a pattern of activities performed by a person or deity, with the primary focus on whether these activities are good or evil
DEU 22:14 · DEU 22:17 · 1SA 2:3 · PSA 14:1 · PSA 99:8 · PSA 103:7 · PSA 141:4 · EZK 14:22 · EZK 14:23 · EZK 20:43 · EZK 20:44 · EZK 21:29 · EZK 24:14 · EZK 36:17 · EZK 36:19 · ZEP 3:7 · ZEP 3:11
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עֲלִילָה n.f. wantonness, deed base