H5766 — עֶוֶל (ʻevel)

From Bible Study Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
English EN  ·  Español ES  ·  Português PT  ·  עברית HE  ·  العربية AR  ·  Русский RU  ·  Deutsch DE  ·  Français FR  ·  中文 ZH  ·  தமிழ் TA
Bible > Strong's Hebrew

Strong's H5766 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: עֶוֶל (ʻevel)

Pronunciation: eh'-vel

Morphology: n

Derivation: or עָוֶל (ʻâvel); and (feminine) עַוְלָה (ʻavlâh); or עוֹלָה (ʻôwlâh); or עֹלָה (ʻôlâh); from עֲוַל (ʻăval) [H5765];

Definition: (moral) evil

KJV Renderings: iniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness).

Senses

  1. injustice, unrighteousness, wrong
    1. violent deeds of injustice
    2. injustice (of speech)
    3. injustice (generally)

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
G92 ἀδίκημα adíkēma from G91 a wrong done evil doing, iniquity, matter of wrong
G93 ἀδικία adikía from G94 (legal) injustice (properly, the quality, by implication, the act); morally, wrongfulness (of character, life or act) iniquity, unjust, unrighteousness, wrong
G94 ἄδικος ádikos from G1 (as a negative particle) and G1349 unjust; by extension wicked; by implication, treacherous; specially, heathen unjust, unrighteous
G459 ἄνομος ánomos from G1 (as a negative particle) and G3551 lawless, i.e. (negatively) not subject to (the Jewish) law; (by implication, a Gentile), or (positively) wicked without law, lawless, transgressor, unlawful, wicked
G1386 δόλιος dólios from G1388 guileful deceitful
G2556 κακός kakós apparently a primary word worthless (intrinsically, such; whereas G4190 properly refers to effects), i.e. (subjectively) depraved, or (objectively) injurious bad, evil, harm, ill, noisome, wicked
G5337 φαῦλος phaûlos apparently a primary word "foul" or "flawy", i.e. (figuratively) wicked evil
H5765 עֲוַל ʻăval a primitive root to distort (morally) deal unjustly, unrighteous

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.