Lexical Definition

‎עֶוֶל‎ ʻevel (eh'-vel) injustice ^H:N-M
or עָוֶל ʻâvel (aw'-vel); and (feminine) עַוְלָה ʻavlâh (av-law'); or עוֹלָה ʻôwlâh (o-law'); or עֹלָה ʻôlâh (o-law'); from ‎עֲוַל‎

iniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness).

• (moral) evil

1) injustice, unrighteousness, wrong
1a) violent deeds of injustice
1b) injustice (of speech)
1c) injustice (generally)

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עָ֫וֶל‎ noun masculine injustice, unrighteousness (opposed to ‎צְדָקָה‎); — ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Lev 19:15 +; construct ‎עֶ֫וֶל‎ Ezek 28:18 (van d. H. ‎עָוֶל‎, but see Baer Ginsb); suffix ‎עַוְלוֺ‎ Ezek 18:26; Ezek 33:13 — ‎עשׂה עול‎ Lev 19:15; Lev 19:35 (H) Deut 25:16; Ezek 3:20; Ezek 18:24; Ezek 18:26 (twice in verse); Ezek 33:13 (twice in verse); Ezek 33:15; Ezek 33:18 ‎׳‎‎פעל ע‎ Job 34:32 ‎׳‎‎הִתְעִיבוּ ע‎ Ps 53:2* (|| ‎עֲלִילָה‎ Ps 14:2); ‎׳‎‎שׁפט ע‎ Ps 82:2 ‎׳‎‎אישׁ ע‎ Prov 29:27 ‎בְּכַפַּי‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Ps 7:4* ‎בְּ‎ ‎׳‎‎מצא ע‎ Jer 2:5, read probably also Ezek 28:15 (for ᵑ0 ‎עולתה‎); ‎ישׁיב ידוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎מע‎ Ezek 18:8 ‎בְּעֶוֶל‎ ‎רְכֻלָּֽתְךָ‎ Ezek 28:18 of God, ‎אין עול‎ (|| ‎אֱמוּנָה‎) Deut 32:4 ‎׳‎‎חָלִלָה מע‎ Job 34:10.

‎עַוְלָה‎ noun feminine^{Job 11:14} (? masculine Mal 2:6 Kö^{ii. 2, 453, § 345 d} Ezek 28:15 [‎עולתה‎; but ‎׳‎‎ע‎ only here Ezekiel, error for ‎עול‎] questioned by SS, see Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 117}) injustice, unrighteousness, wrong; — ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Ps 37:1 + 24 t., + 1. ‎עוֺלָה‎ Isa 61:8 (read probably ‎עַוְלָה‎); ‎עַוְלָ֫תָה‎ Ps 125:3; Ps 92:16* (Qr) + 2 t.; ‎עֹלָ֫תָה‎ vPs 125:16 (Kt) Job 5:16 plural ‎עוֺלוֺת‎ Ps 58:3*; Ps 64:7* —

1. violent deeds of injustice, ‎בְּנֵי עַוְלָה‎ 2Sam 3:34; 2Sam 7:10 = 1Chr 17:9 ‎׳‎‎בֶּןעֿ‎ Ps 89:23*, compare ‎בְּנֵי עַלְוָה‎ Hos 10:9 (read ‎עַוְלָה‎ Now); ‎׳‎‎אישׁ מרמה וע‎ Ps 43:1 ‎׳‎‎בע‎ Isa 61:8 || ‎דַּם‎ Mic 3:10; Hab 2:11 ‎׳‎‎עשׂה ע‎ Ps 37:1; Zeph 3:5; Zeph 3:13 ‎׳‎‎פעל ע‎ Ps 58:3*; Ps 119:3; Job 36:23 ‎שׁלח‎ ‎ידים‎ ‎׳‎‎בע‎ Ps 125:3.

2. injustice of speech: ‎׳‎‎דבּר ע‎ Job 13:7; Job 27:4 ‎תהגה‎ ‎׳‎‎לשׁונכם ע‎ Isa 59:3 ‎׳‎‎בלשׁוני ע‎ Job 6:30 ‎לא נמצא בשׂפה‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Mal 2:6 ‎קפצה פיה‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Ps 107:42; Job 5:16.

3. injustice, in general, Ps 64:7*; Job 6:29; Job 11:14; Job 15:16; Job 22:23; Job 24:20, + Job 36:33 (for ᵑ0 ‎עוֺלֶה‎ according to ᵐ5 Di Bu Du and others, Prov 22:8; Hos 10:13 of God, ‎בוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎לא ע‎ Ps 92:16* ‎׳‎‎ע‎ ‎׳‎‎אֵין עִם י‎ 2Chr 19:7.

I. ‎עַלְוָה‎ transposed from ‎עַוְלָה‎ (q. v.) Hos 10:9.

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