KJV dictionary & concordance

evil

Meaning of “evil”

Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

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613 occurrences569 verses60 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:9

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Judges 2:11

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¶ And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim:

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Judges 2:11 · retained source text

¶ And the children of Israel did euil in the sight of the LORD, and serued Baalim:

Judges 2:15

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Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.

1 word occurrence in this verse

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1611 witness · Judges 2:15 · retained source text

Whither soeuer they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for euill, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworne vnto them: and they were greatly distressed.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 26. deut. 28.

Judges 3:7

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And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

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1611 witness · Judges 3:7 · retained source text

And the children of Israel did euill in the sight of the LORD, and forgate the LORD their God, and serued Baalim, and the groues.

Judges 3:12

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¶ And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the Lord.

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1611 witness · Judges 3:12 · retained source text

¶ And the children of Israel did euill againe in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done euill in the sight of the LORD.

Judges 4:1

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AND the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead.

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1611 witness · Judges 4:1 · retained source text

¶ And the children of Israel againe did euil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.

Judges 6:1

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AND the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

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1611 witness · Judges 6:1 · retained source text

¶ And the children of Israel did euill in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD deliuered them into the hande of Midian seuen yeeres.

Judges 9:23

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Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:

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1611 witness · Judges 9:23 · retained source text

Then God sent an euill spirit betweene Abimelech & the men of Shechem: and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:

Judges 9:57

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And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

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1611 witness · Judges 9:57 · retained source text

And all the euill of the men of Shechem, did God render vpon their heads: and vpon them came the curse of Iotham the sonne of Ierubbaal.

Judges 10:6

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¶ And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the Lord, and served not him.

1 word occurrence in this verse

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1611 witness · Judges 10:6 · retained source text

¶ And the children of Israel did euill againe in the sight of the LORD, and serued Baalim and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsooke the LORD, and serued not him.

1611 marginal noteChap. 2.11, and 3.7. and 4.1. & 6.1. & 13.1.

1611 marginal noteChap. 2.13.

Judges 13:1

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AND the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

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1611 witness · Judges 13:1 · retained source text

¶ And the children of Israel did euill againe in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD deliuered them into the hand of the Philistines forty yeeres.

1611 marginal noteHebr. added to commit, &c.

1611 marginal noteChap. 2.11. and 3.7. and 4.1. and 6.1. and 10.6.

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