Words the Bible translates as mischief
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- avenאָוֶןevil that comes to nothing: the emptiness, harm, and wickedness of a life set against God
- amalעָמָלmischief: harm that one person deliberately schemes and works against another
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- wearing toil: hard work that drains a person, the misery that comes with it, and what such work finally yields
- havvahהַוָּהgreedy craving: a grasping, self-serving desire, almost always the wicked's
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- destruction: engulfing ruin, whether a disaster that swallows a victim or the deadly harm people scheme against one another
- asonאָסוֹןa grave, usually fatal calamity that befalls someone; a deadly accident or mishap
- meraמֵרַעmischiefnot studied yet
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