Lexical Definition

‎עֲלִילָה‎ ʻălîylâh (al-ee-law') wantonness ^H:N-F
or עֲלִלָה ʻălilâh (al-ee-law'); from ‎עָלַל‎ in the sense of effecting

act(-ion), deed, doing, invention, occasion, work.

• an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense)
• by implication, an opportunity

1) wantonness, deed, doing
1a) wantonness
1b) deed
1c) practices, evil deeds

See Greek: ἁμαρτία · ἀνομία · ἀσέβεια · ἔνδοξος · ἔργον · εὐεργεσία · θέλημα · μεγαλεῖος · πρόφασις

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֲלִילָה‎ noun feminine wantonness, deed; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Ps 14:1; Ps 66:5 elsewhere plural ‎עֲלִלוֺת‎ 1Sam 2:3; Ps 141:4 construct ‎עֲלִילֹת‎ Deut 22:14; Deut 22:17 suffix ‎עֲלִילוֺתֶיךָ‎ Ps 77:13*, ‎עֲלִילוֺתָם‎ Zeph 3:7 +, etc.; —

1. wantonness, ‎דְּבָרִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Deut 22:14; Deut 22:17 wantonness of words, i.e. baseless charges (compare Di, especially Dr).

2. deed:
a. in general, of men 1Sam 2:3.
b. of ‎׳‎‎י‎ (only Psalms) Ps 9:12* = Ps 105:1 = Isa 12:4 = 1Chr 16:8; Ps 77:13* (|| ‎פָּעֳלֶ֑ךָ‎), Ps 78:11 (|| ‎נִפְלְאוֺתָיו‎), Ps 103:7 ‎עַל‎ ‎׳‎‎נוֺרָא ע‎ Ps 66:5 he is terrible in deed toward, etc.
c. usually practices = evil deeds (especially Ezek 8 t.): Ezek 14:22; Ezek 14:23; Ezek 20:43; Ezek 24:14; Ezek 36:17; Ezek 36:19 (all || ‎דֶּרֶךְ‎), fully ‎הַנִּשְׁחָתוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Ezek 20:44 (|| ‎הָרָעִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎); Ezek 21:29*; Zeph 3:11 ‎׳‎‎הִשְׁחִיתוּ כָּלעֿ‎ vZeph 3:7.

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