עָלַל alal
Hebrew word for “to abuse” · Strong’s H5953 · used 20 times in 18 verses
Meaning
1) to act severely, deal with severely, make a fool of someone;
Senses in the lexicon
- to abuse (13)
- to glean (5)
- to thrust (1)
- to mock (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for alal in context, with how often each is used:
- will deal wantonly 3
- will glean 2
- have dealt ruthlessly 1
- have dealt wantonly 1
- abused 1
- dealt wantonly 1
- practice 1
- has been done 1
- deal severely 1
- have dealt severely 1
- have you dealt severely 1
- has dealt severely 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamentations | 5 | 3.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Leviticus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Lamentations 1 (2), Exodus 10 (1), Leviticus 19 (1), Numbers 22 (1), Deuteronomy 24 (1), Judges 19 (1), Judges 20 (1), 1 Samuel 6 (1), 1 Samuel 31 (1), 1 Chronicles 10 (1)
Forms
- והתעללו 3
- עולל 2
- עוללת 2
- תעולל 2
- התעללתי 1
- התעללת 1
- ויתעללו 1
- התעלל 1
- להתעולל 1
- ועולל 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with alal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- נִי ni “me” 6
- אָבָה avah “be willing” 3
- פֶּן־ pen “lest” 3
- דָּקַר daqar “to pierce” 2
- שָׁלַף shalaph “to draw” 2
- עָרֵל arel “uncircumcised” 2
- בָּצַר batsar “to gather/restrain/fortify” 2
- חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 3
- נָפַל naphal “to fall” 3
- הָ ha “her” 3
- נָבַט navat “to look” 2
- כֶּרֶם kerem “vineyard” 2
Key verses
The verses using alal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 10:2 — And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye…
- 1 Samuel 6:6 — Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the…
- 1 Samuel 31:4 — Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But…
- 1 Chronicles 10:4 — Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would…
- Job 16:15 — I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
- Psalms 141:4 — Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
- Isaiah 3:12 — As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy…
- Jeremiah 38:19 — And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.
- Lamentations 1:12 — Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted…
- Lamentations 1:22 — Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
- Lamentations 2:20 — 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…
- Lamentations 3:51 — Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
See all 18 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.