עֶוֶל
ʻevel · eh'-vel
(moral) evil
Lexicon
Derivation: or עָוֶל; and (feminine) עַוְלָה; or עוֹלָה; or עֹלָה; from H5765 (עֲוַל);
(moral) evil
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: iniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness).
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to fasten and establish › authority, the one who leads
To see and know that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֶוֶל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
54 occurrences · 54 OT · 0 NT · 30 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- iniquity18 · 38%
- of wickedness3 · 6%
- no unrighteousness2 · 4%
- and iniquity2 · 4%
- wickedness2 · 4%
- and there is no unrighteousness2 · 4%
- unrighteously1 · 2%
- and without iniquity1 · 2%
- wicked1 · 2%
- it: for there is no iniquity1 · 2%
- i pray you, let it not be iniquity1 · 2%
- and let not wickedness1 · 2%
- wickedly1 · 2%
- and wickedness1 · 2%
- that he should commit iniquity1 · 2%
- of iniquity1 · 2%
- and unjust1 · 2%
- iniquities1 · 2%
- unjustly1 · 2%
- and all iniquity1 · 2%
- no iniquity1 · 2%
- unto iniquity1 · 2%
- an unjust1 · 2%
- perverseness1 · 2%
- what iniquity1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.