Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
wantonness
Usage: 1) wantonness, deed, doing 1a) wantonness 1b) deed 1c) practices, evil deeds
Alilah means “deed” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H5949 עֲלִילָה עֲלִלָה (`aliylah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. `aliylah (al-ee-law') (or malilah {al-ee-law'}) n-f. 1. an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense) 2. (by implication) an opportunity It has 24 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include god and man. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
`aliylah (al-ee-law') (or malilah {al-ee-law'}) n-f. 1. an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense) 2. (by implication) an opportunity [from H5953 in the sense of effecting] KJV: act(-ion), deed, doing, invention, occasion, work. Root(s): H5953
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wantonness
Usage: 1) wantonness, deed, doing 1a) wantonness 1b) deed 1c) practices, evil deeds
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render `aliylah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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24 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:
And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
First 24 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H5949.
And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:
And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.
Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.
Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
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.
And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.
And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.
And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.
And ye shall know that I am the LORD when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.
I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.
Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H5949, grouped by book.
Alilah (Strong's H5949) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "deed". `aliylah (al-ee-law') (or malilah {al-ee-law'}) n-f. 1. an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense) 2. (by implication) an opportunity
This page currently indexes 24 linked usages for Strong's H5949 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H5949 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as god and man. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.