עֲוַל
aval · act unjustly
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5765 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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aval (עֲוַל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “act unjustly”.
To act unjustly, to twist what is right.
How to say it
a·val
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To do what is not right, bending what is straight.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- he acts perversely ×1
- unjust ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Psalms 71:4
My Elohim, bring me to safety from the hand of the wicked, from the palm of the unjust and the violent.
- Isaiah 26:10
Though the wicked is shown favor, he does not learn righteousness; in a land of uprightness he acts perversely, and does not see the loftiness of YHWH.