מַעֲלָל maalal
Hebrew word for “deed” · Strong’s H4611 · used 41 times in 41 verses
Meaning
1) deed, practice; 1a) practice (usually bad); 1b) deeds; 1c) acts
How it is translated
Glosses given for maalal in context, with how often each is used:
- deeds 40
- any of deeds 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 17 | 0.8 | |
| Psalms | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Hosea | 5 | 2.1 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Micah | 3 | 2.1 | |
| Zechariah | 2 | 0.6 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Nehemiah | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 106 (2), Isaiah 3 (2), Jeremiah 4 (2), Jeremiah 7 (2), Jeremiah 21 (2), Jeremiah 23 (2), Jeremiah 26 (2), Zechariah 1 (2), Deuteronomy 28 (1), Judges 2 (1)
Forms
- מעלליהם 10
- מעלליכם 9
- ומעלליכם 5
- מעלליו 3
- ממעלליהם 2
- מעללי 2
- במעלליהם 2
- מעלליך 1
- מעללים 1
- במעלליו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with maalal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- רֹעַ roa “evil” 11
- דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 17
- רַע ra “bad” 13
- שׁוּב shuv “to return” 13
- יָטַב yatav “be good” 6
- פְּרִי peri “fruit” 5
- יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 6
- הֶם hem “them” 6
- כֹּה koh “thus” 5
- פָּקַד paqad “to reckon” 4
- נָא na “please” 4
- אָב av “father” 5
Key verses
The verses using maalal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Isaiah 1:16 — Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
- Isaiah 3:10 — Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
- Jeremiah 4:4 — Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire,…
- Jeremiah 17:10 — I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
- Jeremiah 21:12 — O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out…
- Jeremiah 32:19 — Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to…
- Jeremiah 35:15 — 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…
- Jeremiah 44:22 — 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…
- Ezekiel 36:31 — 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…
- Hosea 9:15 — 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:…
- Zechariah 1:4 — 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…
- Zechariah 1:6 — 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…
See all 41 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.