עָלַל
ʻâlal(aw-lal')
“to effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean (also figuratively); by implication (in a bad sense) to overdo, i.e. maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose (also literal)”
20 occurrencesOld TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
to effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean (also figuratively); by implication (in a bad sense) to overdo, i.e. maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose (also literal)
Translated in KJV as
abuseaffect[idiom] childdefiledogleanmockpractisethoroughlywork (wonderfully).
Etymology
a primitive root;
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“But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to sprin…”