King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5949
Transliteration: alilah
Phonetic Spelling: (al-ee-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: wantonness, a deed
Meaning: an exploit, a performance, an opportunity
Word Summary
alilah: wantonness, a deed
Original Word: עֲלִילָהTransliteration: alilah
Phonetic Spelling: (al-ee-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: wantonness, a deed
Meaning: an exploit, a performance, an opportunity
Strong's Concordance
action, deed, doing, invention, occasion, work Or malilah {al-ee-law'}; from alal in the sense of effecting; an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense); by implication, an opportunity -- act(-ion), deed, doing, invention, occasion, work.
see HEBREW alal
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5949. alilah
עֲלִילָה noun feminine wantonness, deed; — absolute ׳ע Psalm 14:1; 66:5; elsewhere plural עֲלִלוֺת 1 Samuel 2:3; Psalm 141:4; construct עֲלִילֹת Deuteronomy 22:14, 17; suffix עֲלִילוֺתֶיךָ Psalm 77:13, עֲלִילוֺתָם Zephaniah 3:7 +, etc.; —
1 wantonness, ׳ע דְּבָרִים Deuteronomy 22:14, 17 wantonness of words, i.e. baseless charges (compare Di, especially Dr).
2 deed:
a. in General, of men 1 Samuel 2:3.
b. of ׳י (only Psalms) Psalm 9:12 = 105:1 = Isaiah 12:4 = 1 Chronicles 16:8; Psalm 77:13 ("" מָּעֳלֶ֑ךָ), 78:11 ("" נִפְלְאוֺתָיו), 103:7; ע ׳נוֺרָא עַל 66:5 he is terrible in deed toward, etc.
c. usually practices = evil deeds (especially Ezekiel 8 t.): Ezekiel 14:22-23, 20:43; 24:14; 36:17, 19 (all "" דֶּרֶךְ), fully ׳ע הַנִּשְׁחָתוֺת 20:44 ("" ׳ד הָרָעִים); 21:29; Zephaniah 3:11; כָּלעֿ ׳הִשְׁחִיתוּ 3:7.