The meaning of “עַוָּל”
Understanding ʻavvâl reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
intensive from עֲוַל unjust, unrighteous, wicked. - evil (morally) 1) unjust one, perverse one, unrighteous one
עַוָּל
intensive from עֲוַל unjust, unrighteous, wicked. - evil (morally) 1) unjust one, perverse one, unrighteous one
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Job 18:21 | “Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God. ” Word: עַוָּל (ʻavvâl) | |
| Job 27:7 | “Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.” Word: עַוָּל (ʻavvâl) | |
| Job 29:17 | “And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.” Word: עַוָּל (ʻavvâl) | |
| Job 31:3 | “Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?” Word: עַוָּל (ʻavvâl) | |
| Zephaniah 3:5 | “The 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.” Word: עַוָּל (ʻavvâl) |