עֲלִילָה
ʿălîlâ
wantonness
Strong's H5949NounHebrewTWOT 1627c

עֲלִילָה (ʿălîlâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning wantonness. It appears 24 times in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5949).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1627c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1627c)wantonness, deed; exploit, performance, opportunity; act, action, doing, invention, occasion, work
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עֲלִילָה noun, feminine: wantonness, deed

Strong's H5949 עֲלִילָה: an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense); by implication, an opportunity
KJV:act(-ion), deed, doing, invention, occasion, work.

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 1627: עָלַל ʿālal — act severely; busy, divert oneself; to practise practices; effect thoroughly, glean, overdo, maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose; abuse, affect, defile, do, mock, practise, thoroughly, work

See it in Scripture

1 Samuel 2:31 Chronicles 16:8Psalms 14:1

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