Word

עַוָּל

ʻavvâl · H5767 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

unrighteous one, evil-doer

Poetic term: humans engaged in actions that are considered wrong in a general sense

Examples
Job 18:21 “Certainly these are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know God.”
Job 27:7 “May my enemy be as the wicked, And my opponent as the criminal.
Job 29:17 “I broke the jaws of the wicked And rescued the prey from his teeth.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

יָדַעto know 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אֵידcalamity 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

כlike/as 1
לto/for 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

מִשְׁכָּןtabernacle, dwelling place 1
מְתַלְּעָהfangs 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

אָוֶן ʼâven · H205 · evil, iniquity, misfortune: Both words denote moral or ethical wrongness (אָוֶן (ʼâven, H205) "iniquity, wickedness, unrighteousness"; עַוָּל (ʻavvâl, H5767) "unjust, unrighteous, wicked") and could substitute in contexts describing wickedness or injustice. אָוֶן (ʼâven, H205) has a broader range (also affliction, vanity, idolatry), but the core overlap in wickedness and unrighteousness is clear.

In the other Testament 1 word

ἄδικος ádikos · G94 · unjust, unjustly, unrighteous: Greek equivalent denoting injustice and wickedness, directly rendering the Hebrew term's core semantic field across legal and moral domains.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Wrong002001003019: עַוָּל describes a person or thing characterized as unjust or wicked, the adjectival counterpart to the noun עֶוֶל (ʻevel, H5766).

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

עֲוַל ʻăval · H5765 · to act wrongfully, to suckle, to nurse · 2×עֶוֶל ʻevel · H5766 · wrong, injustice, iniquity · 53×עַוָּלʻavvâl · H5767עֲוִיל ʻăvîyl · H5760 · child, unrighteous person, evil-doer · 1×עַלְוָה ʻalvâh · H5932 · scoundrels, evildoers · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5767. avval עַוָּל noun masculine unjust, unrighteous one; — especially of oppressive…

H5767. avval
עַוָּל noun masculine unjust, unrighteous one; — especially of oppressive ruler Zep 3:5; Job 18:18; Job 27:7 (|| רָשָׁע), Job 29:17; Job 31:3 (|| אָ֑וֶן מֹּעֲלֵי); probably also Job 16:11 (for עֲוִיל ᵑ0, so Di; || רְשָׁעִים).
I. [עוֺלָה] see II. עול. II. עוֺלָה see עלה. עוֺלָל עוֺלֵל, see II. עלל. עוֺלָם see עלם.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Wrong5 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0