Strong's Hebrew · H5765

H5765 ʻăval

עֲוַל

aw-val'

to act unjustly

ʻăval appears twice in Scripture, in Psalms 71:4 and Isaiah 26:10. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

to distort (morally)

In the King James Version

deal unjustly, unrighteous.

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 2 times in Scripture

Isaiah 26:10

“Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.”

Psalms 71:4

“Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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