---
title: עָוָה — commit iniquity · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָוָה (5753), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: commit iniquity. BDB 1906: vb. denom. commit iniquity, do wrong. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5753.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1506-2.md)‎ / עָוָה‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# עָוָה

<!-- .meta -->
«עָוָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **commit iniquity** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 17 times · **Key:** 5753 · **BDB:** עָוָה²

### Glosses

we.have.done.wrong (3); I.am.bent.down (1); I.am.bent.over (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

commit iniquity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5753/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. commit iniquity, do wrong [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5753/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. (Gerber90) commit iniquity, do wrong (Aramaic עוי commit sin, עֲוָיָא sin, cf. LevyNHWB iii. 626);— (late) Pf. 3 fs. עָֽוְתָה Est 1:16 she hath done wrong (c. עַל); 1 pl. עָוִינוּ Dn 9:5 we have committed iniquity (‖ חָטָא). commit iniquity;—Pf. 3 ms. הֶעֱוָה 2 S 19:20; 1 s. הֶעֱוֵיתִי 24:17 (‖ חָטָא); 1 pl. הֶעֱוִינוּ 1 K 8:47 = 2 Ch 6:37, ψ 106:6 (all ‖ חָטָא); Inf. abs. הַעֲוֵה Je 9:4, cstr. sf. הַעֲוֹתוֹ 2 S 7:14.—Jb 33:27 v. I. עָוָה.

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5753/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Psalms 106:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.106.6/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
חָטָ֥אנוּ עִם־אֲבוֹתֵ֗ינוּ הֶעֱוִ֥ינוּ הִרְשָֽׁעְנוּ׃

*Word for word:* we.have.sinned with ancestors our we.have.done.wrong we.have.acted.wickedly

*JPS 1917:* We have sinned with our fathers, we have done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Lamentations 3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.9/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
גָּדַ֤ר דְּרָכַי֙ בְּגָזִ֔ית נְתִיבֹתַ֖י עִוָּֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* he.has.walled.up ways my with hewn.\[stone\] paths my he.has.made.crooked

*JPS 1917:* He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, He hath made my paths crooked.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [עוּד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e2_5d5_5bc_5d3.md)
- next →: [עַוָּה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5754.md)
- ↑ back to [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1506-2.md)