עַוָּל
aval · unjust, wrongdoer
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5767 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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aval (עַוָּל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “unjust, wrongdoer”.
Unjust; one who does evil.
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
- One who does wrong.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 18:21
Surely these are the dwellings of the unjust, and this is the place of him who does not know El.”
- Job 27:7
Let my enemy be like the wicked, and the one who rises against me like the unjust.
- Job 29:17
And I broke the fangs of the unjust, and from his teeth I threw down the prey.
- Job 31:3
Is it not calamity for the unjust, and disaster for those who work wickedness?
- Zephaniah 3:5
YHWH is righteous in her midst; he does not do injustice; morning by morning he brings his justice to the light; he does not fail; but the unjust does not know shame.