עֲוִיל

avil · young child

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5759 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

avil (עֲוִיל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “young child”.

A young child.

How to say it

a·vil

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

  1. Young children.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Job 19:18

    Even little ones despise me; I rise, and they speak against me.

  • Job 21:11

    They send out their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.