Words the Bible translates as wrong
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 14 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- kakosκακόςbad: the ordinary, all-purpose opposite of good, covering a corrupt character, a wrongful act, and plain harm alike
- adikiaἀδικίαunrighteousness: wrongdoing measured against what is right, the opposite of righteousness
- adikeōἀδικέωto do wrong: to violate what is just by treating a person unfairly or by inflicting injury on someone or something.
- ḥamasחָמָסviolence: a flagrant wrong done to another by force or injustice, especially when it sheds blood or crushes the helpless
- avlahעַוְלָהinjustice: a wrong done against what is right, especially when fairness or honest dealing is owed
- ashaqעָשַׁקto wrong someone by abusing power over them, especially by squeezing them for money or property they cannot defend
- resahרֶשַׁעwickedness: wrongdoing that sets itself against what is right, and the guilt it brings
- yanahיָנָהto oppress or wrong someone weaker: to treat a person harshly and unjustly, especially one who has no power to resist
- huperbainōὑπερβαίνωto wrongnot studied yet
- atoposἄτοποςwrongnot studied yet
- avatעָוַתto bend something out of its straight shape, and so to twist a verdict, a scale, or a person's rightful claim
- ḥamasחָמַסto do violence: to handle a person or thing with ruthless force, wronging them or stripping them bare
- tiphlahתִּפְלָהsenseless impropriety: something so empty of good sense that it is also unfitting and offensive
- hakharהָכַרto wrongnot studied yet
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