עַלְוָה
ʿalwâ
injustice
Strong's H5932NounHebrewTWOT 1580b

עַלְוָה (ʿalwâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning injustice. It appears 1 time in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5932).

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Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1580b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1580b)injustice, unrighteousness, wrong; evil, moral perverseness; iniquity, perverseness, unjust, unjustly
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עַוְלָה noun, feminine: injustice, unrighteousness, wrong

Strong's H5766 עֶוֶל: (moral) evil
KJV:iniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness).

Strong's H5932 עַלְוָה: moral perverseness
KJV:iniquity.

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.

Root family 1580: עָוַל ʿāwal — act wrongfully; distort; deal unjustly, unrighteous

See it in Scripture

Hosea 10:9

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