Unfaithfulness
מַ֫עַלStrong’s H4604maal (ma-al)
Appears in 28 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Maal is the Hebrew word usually translated “unfaithfulness”, “unfaithfulness their” and “unfaithfulness his”. It appears in 28 verses of the Old Testament.
“O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.”
Meaning
- Unfaithful or treacherous act, trespassagainst man · against God
How it's translated
- unfaithfulness 13
- the unfaithfulness 2
- in unfaithfulness their 2
- in unfaithfulness his 2
- unfaithfulness of 2
- by unfaithfulness their 1
- in unfaithfulness 1
- and unfaithfulness his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 6
- Joshua 5
- Numbers 4
- Leviticus 3
- 2 Chronicles 3
- Ezra 3
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 5:15If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:
- Leviticus 6:2If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;
- Leviticus 26:40If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
- Numbers 5:6Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;
- Numbers 5:12Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
- Numbers 5:27And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
Hebrew dictionary
מַ֫עַל maal · unfaithfulness
1) unfaithful or treacherous act, trespass 1a) against man 1b) against God
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “unfaithfulness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
UNFA'ITHFULNESS, noun
Neglect or violation of vows, promises, allegiance or other duty; breach of confidence or trust reposed; perfidiousness; treachery; as the unfaithfulness of a subject to his prince or the state; the unfaithfulness of a husband to his wife, or of a wife to her husband; the unfaithfulness of an agent, servant or officer.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.