עַוָּלʻavvâl
unjust, unrighteous one, especially of oppressive ruler (Zephaniah 3:5; Job 18:18; Job 27:7; Job 29:17; Job 31:3)
Pronunciation: av-vawl' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5767
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Job 18:21 They will say, ‘This was the home of a wicked person, the place of one who rejected God.’”
- Job 27:7 “May my enemy be punished like the wicked, my adversary like those who do evil.
- Job 29:17 I broke the jaws of godless oppressors and plucked their victims from their teeth.
- Job 31:3 Isn’t it calamity for the wicked and misfortune for those who do evil?
- Zephaniah 3:5 But the Lord is still there in the city, and he does no wrong. Day by day he hands down justice, and he does not fail. But the wicked know no shame.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).