ʻevel — H5766

H5766 · Hebrew — עול

Pronunciation: eh'-vel

Other spellings: ʻâvel עָוֶל, ʻôwlâh עוֹלָה, ʻôlâh עֹלָה

Definition

masculine noun

(moral) evil

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

Usually translated as

iniquity, wickedness, unrighteousness, unjust, perverseness, unjustly, unrighteously, wicked

Origin

or ʻâvel; and (feminine) ʻavlâh; or ʻôwlâh; or ʻôlâh; from H5765

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʻevel occurs 53 times in 51 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (2), Deuteronomy (2), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Job (12), Psalms (12), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (9), Hosea (1), Micah (1), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (2), Malachi (1)