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Strong's H5766 עֶוֶל (evel)

Evel means “iniquity” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H5766
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 51
Books 16

Strong's H5766 Quick Answer

Strong's H5766 עֶוֶל עָוֶל עַולָה עוֹלָה עוֹלָה (`evel) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. `evel (eh'-vel) (or lavel {aw'-vel}and (feminine) lavlah {av-law'}; or owlah {o-law'}; or .olah {o-law'};) n-e. 1. (moral) evil [from H5765] It has 51 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include iniquity, righteousness, man, wickedness, and god. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
`evel (eh'-vel) (or lavel {aw'-vel}and (feminine) lavlah {av-law'}; or owlah {o-law'}; or .olah {o-law'};) n-e. 1. (moral) evil [from H5765]
Usage
51 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
iniquity, righteousness, man, wickedness, and god

Meaning and Definition

`evel (eh'-vel) (or lavel {aw'-vel}and (feminine) lavlah {av-law'}; or owlah {o-law'}; or .olah {o-law'};) n-e. 1. (moral) evil [from H5765] KJV: iniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness). Root(s): H5765

Original Word
עֶוֶל עָוֶל עַולָה עוֹלָה עוֹלָה
Transliteration
`evel
Derivation
Root: עול First root strongs: 5765
Morphology
n-e.

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H5766. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

iniquity righteousness man wickedness god righteous nor lord more die wicked done

How Strong's H5766 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 51 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H5766 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H5766 in the Old Testament

51 indexed usages in Old Testament.

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 51 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5766.

Leviticus 19:15 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
Deuteronomy 25:16 Old Testament, KJV
For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy 32:4 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Job 6:29 Old Testament, KJV
Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.
Job 6:30 Old Testament, KJV
Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
Job 11:14 Old Testament, KJV
If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
Job 13:7 Old Testament, KJV
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
Job 15:16 Old Testament, KJV
How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
Job 22:23 Old Testament, KJV
If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
Job 24:20 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Job 34:10 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
Job 34:32 Old Testament, KJV
That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
Job 36:23 Old Testament, KJV
Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
Psalms 7:3 Old Testament, KJV
O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
Psalms 37:1 Old Testament, KJV
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Psalms 43:1 Old Testament, KJV
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Psalms 53:1 Old Testament, 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.
Psalms 58:2 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
Psalms 64:6 Old Testament, KJV
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
Psalms 82:2 Old Testament, KJV
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Psalms 89:22 Old Testament, KJV
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
Psalms 92:15 Old Testament, KJV
To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Psalms 107:42 Old Testament, KJV
The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Psalms 119:3 Old Testament, KJV
They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
Psalms 125:3 Old Testament, KJV
For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
Proverbs 22:8 Old Testament, KJV
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Proverbs 29:27 Old Testament, KJV
An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
Isaiah 59:3 Old Testament, KJV
For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
Jeremiah 2:5 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
Ezekiel 28:18 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.
Hosea 10:13 Old Testament, KJV
Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
Micah 3:10 Old Testament, KJV
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Habakkuk 2:12 Old Testament, KJV
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
Zephaniah 3:5 Old Testament, KJV
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 shame.
Zephaniah 3:13 Old Testament, KJV
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 none shall make them afraid.
Malachi 2:6 Old Testament, KJV
The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5766, grouped by book.

Leviticus 2 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 12 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 12 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 9 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 2 usages, Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H5766 FAQ

What does evel (עֶוֶל) mean?

Evel (Strong's H5766) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "iniquity". `evel (eh'-vel) (or lavel {aw'-vel}and (feminine) lavlah {av-law'}; or owlah {o-law'}; or .olah {o-law'};) n-e. 1. (moral) evil [from H5765]

How many times is evel (עֶוֶל) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 51 linked usages for Strong's H5766 across 16 books.

Where can I study evel (עֶוֶל) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5766 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate evel (עֶוֶל)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as iniquity, righteousness, man, wickedness, god, and righteous. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.