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עֶוֶל H5766

H5766 is the Hebrew word עֶוֶל, transliterated ʻevel and said eh'-vel. The King James Version most often renders it iniquity.

Word: עֶוֶלTransliteration: ʻevelSaid: eh'-velLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 44 verses

What it means

(moral) evil.

Where it comes from

or עָוֶל; and (feminine) עַוְלָה; or עוֹלָה; or עֹלָה; from H5765 (עֲוַל).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 47 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

iniquity 26×wickedness 7×no unrighteousness 3×no iniquity 2×unjust 2×unrighteously 1×without iniquity 1×wicked 1×wickedly 1×iniquities 1×unjustly 1×till iniquity 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: iniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness).

Verses using עֶוֶל

The first 40 of 44 verses, quoted in full.

Leviticus 19:15 · KJV

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Leviticus 19:35 · KJV

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

Deuteronomy 25:16 · KJV

For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

Deuteronomy 32:4 · KJV

He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

2 Samuel 3:34 · KJV

Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.

2 Samuel 7:10 · KJV

Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,

1 Chronicles 17:9 · KJV

Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,

2 Chronicles 19:7 · KJV

Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

Job 5:16 · KJV

So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

Job 6:29 · KJV

Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

Job 6:30 · KJV

Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?

Job 11:14 · KJV

If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

Job 13:7 · KJV

Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

Job 15:16 · KJV

How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

Job 22:23 · KJV

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.

Job 24:20 · KJV

The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

Job 27:4 · KJV

My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

Job 34:32 · KJV

That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

Psalm 7:3 · KJV

O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

Psalm 43:1 · KJV

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Psalm 53:1 · KJV

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

Psalm 58:2 · KJV

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

Psalm 64:6 · KJV

They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

Psalm 82:2 · KJV

How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

Psalm 89:22 · KJV

The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

Psalm 92:15 · KJV

To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Psalm 107:42 · KJV

The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

Psalm 119:3 · KJV

They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.

Proverbs 22:8 · KJV

He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

Proverbs 29:27 · KJV

An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

Jeremiah 2:5 · KJV

Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

Ezekiel 3:20 · KJV

Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

Ezekiel 18:8 · KJV

He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

Ezekiel 18:24 · KJV

But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

Ezekiel 18:26 · KJV

When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

Ezekiel 28:15 · KJV

Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

Ezekiel 28:18 · KJV

Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

Ezekiel 33:13 · KJV

When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.

Ezekiel 33:15 · KJV

If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Ezekiel 33:18 · KJV

When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

Common questions

What does Strong's H5766 mean?

H5766 is the Hebrew word עֶוֶל (ʻevel), meaning (moral) evil.

How is H5766 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it iniquity (26 times), wickedness (7 times), no unrighteousness (3 times), no iniquity (2 times), unjust (2 times), among others.

How many times does H5766 appear in the Bible?

עֶוֶל (ʻevel) is tagged in 44 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5766 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or עָוֶל; and (feminine) עַוְלָה; or עוֹלָה; or עֹלָה; from H5765 (עֲוַל).

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