עַוְלָה avlah

Hebrew word for “injustice” · Strong’s H5766 · used 54 times in 52 verses

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Meaning

1) injustice, unrighteousness, wrong; 1a) violent deeds of injustice; 1b) injustice (of speech); 1c) injustice (generally)

Senses in the lexicon

• injustice (32)
• injustice (22)

How it is translated

Glosses given for avlah in context, with how often each is used:

• injustice 35
• unrighteousness 17
• injustices 2

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 18 (3), Ezekiel 33 (3), Leviticus 19 (2), Job 6 (2), Job 34 (2), Ezekiel 28 (2), Zephaniah 3 (2), Deuteronomy 25 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), 2 Samuel 3 (1)

Forms

• עולה 21
• עול 16
• עולתה 3
• בעולה 3
• ועולה 2
• עולת 2
• מעול 2
• ועלתה 1
• בעולתה 1
• בעולו 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with avlah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• צַדִּיק tsaddiq “righteous” 9
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 9
• צְדָקָה tsedaqah “righteousness” 5
• מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 6
• פָּעַל paal “to work” 4
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 6
• לָשׁוֹן lashon “tongue” 4
• יָשָׁר yashar “upright” 4
• מוּת mut “to die” 6
• רֶשַׁע resah “wickedness” 3
• אִם im “if” 6
• יָסַף yasaph “to add” 4

Key verses

The verses using avlah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 19:15 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou…
• Deuteronomy 32:4 — 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 Chronicles 19:7 — Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of…
• Psalms 43:1 — Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
• Psalms 82:2 — How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
• Isaiah 59:3 — For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
• Isaiah 61:8 — For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
• Jeremiah 2:5 — 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 — Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not…
• Ezekiel 18:24 — But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth,…
• Zephaniah 3:5 — The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no…
• Zephaniah 3:13 — The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and…

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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.