Strong's Hebrew · H5766
H5766 ʻevel
עֶוֶל
eh'-vel
injustice
ʻevel appears 54 times in Scripture, including Leviticus 19:15 and Deuteronomy 25:16. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
(moral) evil
In the King James Version
iniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness).
Derivation
or עָוֶל; and (feminine) עַוְלָה; or עוֹלָה; or עֹלָה; from H5765 (עֲוַל);
Appears 54 times in Scripture
“You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.”
“He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.”
“who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.”
“And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning”
“You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.”
“For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.”
“True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.”
“Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more.”
“If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, he will die for this. He will die because of the iniquity he has committed.”
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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).
