עוֹלֵלʻôwlêl
child (Lamentations 2:19; 1 Samuel 15:3; Jeremiah 6:11; Jeremiah 9:20; Psalms 8:3)
Pronunciation: o-lale' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5768
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 20 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 15:3 Now go and completely destroy the entire Amalekite nation—men, women, children, babies, cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and donkeys.”
- 1 Samuel 22:19 Then he went to Nob, the town of the priests, and killed the priests’ families—men and women, children and babies—and all the cattle, donkeys, sheep, and goats.
- 2 Kings 8:12 “What’s the matter, my lord?” Hazael asked him. Elisha replied, “I know the terrible things you will do to the people of Israel. You will burn their fortified cities, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little children to the ground, and rip open their pregnant women!”
- Job 3:16 Why wasn’t I buried like a stillborn child, like a baby who never lives to see the light?
- Psalms 8:2 You have taught children and infants to tell of your strength, silencing your enemies and all who oppose you.
- Psalms 17:14 By the power of your hand, O Lord, destroy those who look to this world for their reward. But satisfy the hunger of your treasured ones. May their children have plenty, leaving an inheritance for their descendants.
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).