Occurrences
ʻôwlêl occurs 21 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (2), 2 Kings (1), Job (1), Psalms (3), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (3), Lamentations (5), Hosea (1), Joel (1), Micah (1), Nahum (1)
- 1 Samuel 15:3 — Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant (מֵֽעֹלֵל֙) and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
- 1 Samuel 22:19 — And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children (מֵעוֹלֵ֖ל) and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
- 2 Kings 8:12 — And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children (וְעֹלְלֵיהֶ֣ם), and rip up their women with child.
- Job 3:16 — Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants (כְּ֝עֹלְלִ֗ים) which never saw light.
- Psalms 8:2 — Out of the mouth of babes (עֽוֹלְלִ֨ים) and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
- Psalms 17:14 — From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes (לְעוֹלְלֵיהֶֽם).
- Psalms 137:9 — Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones (עֹ֝לָלַ֗יִךְ) against the stones.
- Isaiah 3:12 — As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.
- Isaiah 13:16 — Their children (וְעֹלְלֵיהֶ֥ם) also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
- Jeremiah 6:11 — Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children (עוֹלָל֙) abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
- Jeremiah 9:21 — For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children (עוֹלָל֙) from without, and the young men from the streets.
- Jeremiah 44:7 — Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child (עוֹלֵ֥ל) and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;
- Lamentations 1:5 — Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children (עוֹלָלֶ֛יהָ) are gone into captivity before the enemy.
- Lamentations 2:11 — Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children (עוֹלֵל֙) and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
- Lamentations 2:19 — Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children (עֽוֹלָלַ֔יִךְ), that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
- Lamentations 2:20 — Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children (עֹלֲלֵ֣י) of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
- Lamentations 4:4 — The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children (עֽוֹלָלִים֙) ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
- Hosea 13:16 — Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants (עֹלְלֵיהֶ֣ם) shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
- Joel 2:16 — Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children (עֽוֹלָלִ֔ים), and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
- Micah 2:9 — The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children (עֹֽלָלֶ֔יהָ) have ye taken away my glory for ever.
- Nahum 3:10 — Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children (עֹלָלֶ֛יהָ) also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.