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מַעֲלָל H4611
H4611 is the Hebrew word מַעֲלָל, transliterated maʻălâl and said mah-al-awl'. The King James Version most often renders it doings.
What it means
an act (good or bad).
Where it comes from
from H5953 (עָלַל).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 28 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: doing, endeavour, invention, work.
Verses using מַעֲלָל
All 28 verses, quoted in full.
Deuteronomy 28:20 · KJV
The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
Judges 2:19 · KJV
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
1 Samuel 25:3 · KJV
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
Psalm 28:4 · KJV
Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.
Psalm 77:11 · KJV
I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
Psalm 78:7 · KJV
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
Psalm 106:29 · KJV
Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
Proverbs 20:11 · KJV
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
Isaiah 1:16 · KJV
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Isaiah 3:8 · KJV
For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.
Jeremiah 4:18 · KJV
Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
Jeremiah 7:3 · KJV
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
Jeremiah 7:5 · KJV
For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
Jeremiah 18:11 · KJV
Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
Jeremiah 21:14 · KJV
But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.
Jeremiah 23:2 · KJV
Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 25:5 · KJV
They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
Jeremiah 26:13 · KJV
Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
Jeremiah 35:15 · KJV
I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
Jeremiah 44:22 · KJV
So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day.
Ezekiel 36:31 · KJV
Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
Hosea 5:4 · KJV
They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
Hosea 7:2 · KJV
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
Hosea 9:15 · KJV
All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
Hosea 12:2 · KJV
The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
Micah 2:7 · KJV
O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
Zechariah 1:4 · KJV
Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.
Zechariah 1:6 · KJV
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
Common questions
What does Strong's H4611 mean?
H4611 is the Hebrew word מַעֲלָל (maʻălâl), meaning an act (good or bad).
How is H4611 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it doings (20 times), works (2 times), own doings (1 time), endeavours (1 time), inventions (1 time), among others.
How many times does H4611 appear in the Bible?
מַעֲלָל (maʻălâl) is tagged in 28 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H4611 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H5953 (עָלַל).
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