עָוַל
ʿāwal
act wrongfully
Strong's H5765VerbHebrewTWOT 1580

עָוַל (ʿāwal) is a Hebrew verb meaning act wrongfully. It appears 2 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5765).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1580)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1580)act wrongfully; distort; deal unjustly, unrighteous
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עָוַל verb, denominative: act wrongfully

Strong's H5765 עֲוַל: to distort (morally)
KJV:deal unjustly, unrighteous.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Psalms 71:4Isaiah 26:10

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