Definition

an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense); by implication, an opportunity

Etymology

or עֲלִלָה; from H5953 (עָלַל) in the sense of effecting;

Where the KJV renders it

• act(-ion)
• deed
• doing
• invention
• occasion
• work

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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