Avval עַוָּל
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| עַוָּל | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | avval |
| Strong's number | H5767 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | unjust |
| Occurrences | 5 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (4) |
Avval (Hebrew עַוָּל, Strong's H5767) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “unjust”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
unjust one, perverse one, unrighteous one
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | wicked (3), unrighteous (1), unjust (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | wicked (1), like the unjust (1), unjust (1), come to the unjust (1), yet the unjust (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Avval, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 18:21Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
- Job 27:7Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.
- Job 29:17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
- Job 31:3Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?
Zephaniah
- Zephaniah 3:5The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).