H5765: עֲוַל
ʻăval · pronounced aw-val' · “to act unjustly”
Definition
to distort (morally)
KJV translates it as: deal unjustly, unrighteous.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1) to act wrongfully or unjustly, deviate from
1a) (Piel) to act wrongfully
1a) (Piel) to act wrongfully
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5765 is translated
- the wrongdoer ×1
- he acts unjustly ×1
Bible verses with H5765 (ʻăval)
ʻăval appears in 2 verses.
- Psalms 71:4
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
- Isaiah 26:10
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.