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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4611

מַעֲלָל

maalalmah-al-awl'

deed

41 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: maʻălâl

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4611is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 12 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 33
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H4611

an act (good or bad)

The King James renders it: doing, endeavour, invention, work.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

maalal is rendered "deed". It stands 41 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.

  • Seventeen of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 28:20The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-three different ways.

The first use

The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.

Deuteronomy 28:20מַֽעֲלָלֶ֖יךָ

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Seventeen of the word's forty-one uses are in Jeremiah.

The other 27 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • deeds their10
  • deeds your10
  • and deeds your6
  • deeds his3
  • by deeds their2
  • deeds of2
  • according to deeds his1
  • and according to deeds our1
  • and deeds his1
  • and deeds their1
  • any of deeds their1
  • by deeds his1

and 2 more, 41 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

מַעֲשֶׂהmaasehdeed: workUses236
מַעֲלָהmaalahthoughtUses32
מַעֲשֵׂרmaasertitheUses32
מַעֲרָכָהmaarakahrankUses19
מַעֲלֶהmaalehascentUses18
מַעֲרָבmaarabwestUses14
מַעֲבָרmaabarfordUses11
מַעֲרֶכֶתmaarekethrowUses10
מַעֲרָבmaarabmerchandiseUses9
מַעֲכָתִיMaakathiMaacathiteUses8
מַעֲנֶהmaanehanswerUses7
מַעֲמָדmaamadofficeUses5

and 18 more on the stem.

All 41, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

33 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֖ם3
  • מַֽעַלְלֵי־2
  • מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶ֔ם2
  • מַעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃2
  • מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃ ס2
  • מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֔ם2
  • מַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם׃2
  • בְּמַֽעַלְלֵיהֶ֑ם1
  • בְּמַֽעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃1
  • בְּ֭מַעֲלָלָיו1
  • וּכְמַ֣עֲלָלֵ֔ינוּ1
  • וּמַֽעַלְלֵיהֶם֙1

and 21 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural10HNcmpc/Sp3mp
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural9HNcmpc/Sp2mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural5HC/Ncmpc/Sp2mp
  • preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural4HR/Ncmpc/Sp3mp
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HNcmpc/Sp3ms
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmpc
  • preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HC/Ncmpc/Sp2fs
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1HC/R/Ncmpc/Sp1bp
  • noun · masculine plural1HNcmpa

Deuteronomy

one use
  • The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.

    Deuteronomy 28:20

    • מַֽעֲלָלֶ֖יךָmaalaleikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: deeds your

Judges

one use
  • But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.

    Judges 2:19

    • מִמַּ֣עַלְלֵיהֶ֔םmimaaleihempreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: any of deeds their

1 Samuel

one use
  • His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.

    1 Samuel 25:3

    • מַעֲלָלִ֖יםmaalalimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: deeds

Nehemiah

one use
  • For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.

    Nehemiah 9:35

    • מִמַּֽעַלְלֵיהֶ֖םmimaaleihempreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: from deeds their

Psalms

five uses
  • Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.

    Psalms 28:4

    • מַֽעַלְלֵ֫יהֶ֥םmaaleihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: deeds their
  • I will remember the works of the LORD; yes, I will remember Your wonders of old.

    Psalms 77:11

    • מַֽעַלְלֵי־maalei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: deeds of
  • that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.

    Psalms 78:7

    • מַֽעַלְלֵי־maalei-noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: deeds of
  • So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

    Psalms 106:29

    • בְּמַֽעַלְלֵיהֶ֑םbemaaleihempreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: by deeds their
  • They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

    Psalms 106:39

    • בְּמַֽעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃bemaaleihempreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: by deeds their

Proverbs

one use
  • Even a young man is known by his actions—whether his conduct is pure and upright.

    Proverbs 20:11

    • בְּ֭מַעֲלָלָיוbemaalalavpreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: by deeds his

Isaiah

three uses
  • Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!

    Isaiah 1:16

    • מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֖םmaaleikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: deeds your
  • For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they spoke and acted against the LORD, defying His glorious presence.

    Isaiah 3:8

    • וּמַֽעַלְלֵיהֶם֙umaaleihemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and deeds their
  • Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.

    Isaiah 3:10

    • מַעַלְלֵיהֶ֖םmaaleihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: deeds their

Jeremiah

seventeen uses
  • Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”

    Jeremiah 4:4

    • מַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם׃maaleikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: deeds your
  • “Your ways and deeds have brought this upon you. This is your punishment; how bitter it is, because it pierces to the heart!”

    Jeremiah 4:18

    • וּמַ֣עֲלָלַ֔יִךְumaalalayikhconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and deeds your
  • Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.

    Jeremiah 7:3

    • וּמַֽעַלְלֵיכֶ֑םumaaleikhemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and deeds your
  • For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,

    Jeremiah 7:5

    • מַֽעַלְלֵיכֶ֑םmaaleikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: deeds your
  • And the LORD informed me, so I knew. Then You showed me their deeds.

    Jeremiah 11:18

    • מַעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃maaleihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: deeds their
  • I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

    Jeremiah 17:10

    • מַעֲלָלָֽיו׃ סmaalalavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: deeds his
  • Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways, and correct your ways and deeds.’

    Jeremiah 18:11

    • וּמַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם׃umaaleikhemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and deeds your
  • O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.

    Jeremiah 21:12

    • מַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם׃maaleikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: deeds your
  • I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around you.’”

    Jeremiah 21:14

    • מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֖םmaaleikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: deeds your
  • Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 23:2

    • מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֖םmaaleikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: deeds your
  • But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.”

    Jeremiah 23:22

    • מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃ סmaaleihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: deeds their
  • The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.

    Jeremiah 25:5

    • מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֔םmaaleikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: deeds your
  • Perhaps they will listen and turn—each from his evil way of life—so that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds.

    Jeremiah 26:3

    • מַעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃maaleihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: deeds their
  • So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.

    Jeremiah 26:13

    • וּמַ֣עַלְלֵיכֶ֔םumaaleikhemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and deeds your
  • the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.

    Jeremiah 32:19

    • מַעֲלָלָֽיו׃maalalavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: deeds his
  • Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.

    Jeremiah 35:15

    • מַֽעַלְלֵיכֶ֗םmaaleikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: deeds your
  • So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.

    Jeremiah 44:22

    • מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֔םmaaleikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: deeds your

Ezekiel

one use
  • Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.

    Ezekiel 36:31

    • וּמַעַלְלֵיכֶ֖םumaaleikhemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and deeds your

Hosea

five uses
  • And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.

    Hosea 4:9

    • וּמַעֲלָלָ֖יוumaalalavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and deeds his
  • Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.

    Hosea 5:4

    • מַ֣עַלְלֵיהֶ֔םmaaleihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: deeds their
  • But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.

    Hosea 7:2

    • מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶ֔םmaaleihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: deeds their
  • All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.

    Hosea 9:15

    • מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶ֔םmaaleihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: deeds their
  • The LORD also brings a charge against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

    Hosea 12:2

    • כְּמַעֲלָלָ֖יוkemaalalavpreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: according to deeds his

Micah

three uses
  • Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?

    Micah 2:7

    • מַעֲלָלָ֑יוmaalalavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: deeds his
  • Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.

    Micah 3:4

    • מַעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃ פmaaleihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: deeds their
  • Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.

    Micah 7:13

    • מַֽעַלְלֵיהֶֽם׃ סmaaleihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: deeds their

Zechariah

two uses
  • Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.

    Zechariah 1:4

    • וּמַֽעֲלְלֵיכֶ֖םumaalileikhemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and deeds your
  • But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”

    Zechariah 1:6

    • וּכְמַ֣עֲלָלֵ֔ינוּukhemaalaleinuconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: and according to deeds our

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Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

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The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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