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עוֹלֵל H5768
H5768 is the Hebrew word עוֹלֵל, transliterated ʻôwlêl and said o-lale'. The King James Version most often renders it children.
What it means
a suckling.
Where it comes from
or עֹלָל; from H5763 (עוּל).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 19 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: babe, (young) child, infant, little one.
Verses using עוֹלֵל
All 19 verses, quoted in full.
1 Samuel 15:3 · KJV
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
1 Samuel 22:19 · KJV
And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
2 Kings 8:12 · KJV
And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
Job 3:16 · KJV
Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
Psalm 8:2 · KJV
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
Psalm 137:9 · KJV
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Isaiah 13:16 · KJV
Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
Jeremiah 6:11 · KJV
Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
Jeremiah 9:21 · KJV
For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
Jeremiah 44:7 · KJV
Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain;
Lamentations 1:5 · KJV
Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.
Lamentations 2:11 · KJV
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
Lamentations 2:19 · KJV
Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
Lamentations 2:20 · KJV
Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
Lamentations 4:4 · KJV
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
Hosea 13:16 · KJV
Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
Joel 2:16 · KJV
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
Micah 2:9 · KJV
The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
Nahum 3:10 · KJV
Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
Common questions
What does Strong's H5768 mean?
H5768 is the Hebrew word עוֹלֵל (ʻôwlêl), meaning a suckling.
How is H5768 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it children (9 times), young children (3 times), infants (2 times), infant (1 time), babes (1 time), among others.
How many times does H5768 appear in the Bible?
עוֹלֵל (ʻôwlêl) is tagged in 19 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5768 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or עֹלָל; from H5763 (עוּל).
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