H5760 H5760
unjust one, wicked person (as noun)
A masculine noun denoting an unjust or wicked person, appearing in Job's complaint. Job laments that God has handed him over to 'the unjust' or 'the wicked one.' The term emphasizes moral perversity and injustice rather than general sinfulness. It may refer to specific enemies or use the singular collectively for the wicked as a class.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The unjust person or wicked one to whom Job feels delivered in Job 16:11: 'God has delivered me to the unjust and cast me into the hands of the wicked.' The noun emphasizes moral crookedness and injustice—Job perceives himself as handed over to those who pervert righteousness. The term may be singular representing a class or refer to specific adversaries Job sees as agents of his suffering. 1×
AR["ظَالِمٍ"]·ben["দুর্বৃত্তের"]·DE["[עויל]"]·EN["the-unjust"]·FR["עויל"]·heb["עויל"]·HI["अधर्मी"]·ID["orang-fasik"]·IT["il-unjust"]·jav["tiyang-jahat"]·KO["악한-자에게"]·PT["perverso"]·RU["нечестивого"]·ES["perverso"]·SW["mwovu"]·TR["kötü"]·urd["ظالم"]
Related Senses
H2896a 1. good (quality or moral) (305×)H7563 1. wicked person (259×)H7451c 1. moral evil or wickedness (234×)H5771 1. iniquity, sin, wrongdoing (222×)H6662 1. righteous person (substantive) (195×)G0266 1. sin, failure, transgression (173×)H2403b 1. sin, transgression (170×)H2617a 1. Covenant faithfulness, steadfast love (167×)H2398 1. Qal: to sin, commit sin (165×)H6666 1. righteousness, moral uprightness (145×)G5485 1. grace, divine favor (141×)H7451a 1. morally evil, wicked (129×)H2403b 2. sin-offering, sacrifice for sin (120×)G2570 1. good, right, excellent (98×)H6588 1. transgression, offense against God (88×)G0018 1. good (moral quality) (85×)H2896b 1. good, what is good (85×)H7451b 1. evil, wickedness (moral) (83×)H7451a 2. evil, harm, calamity (80×)G1342 1. righteous, upright (of persons) (70×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. עֲוִיל n.m. unjust one, Jb 16:11 (v. foll.).