# עָלַל (alal) Israeli respelling: a-lal. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H5953. 18 Old Testament occurrences. to effect thoroughly; specifically, to glean (also figuratively); by implication (in a bad sense) to overdo, i.e. maltreat, be saucy to, pain, impose (also literal) King James renderings: abuse, affect, [idiom] child, defile, do, glean, mock, practise, thoroughly, work (wonderfully). Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/alal-h5953 ## Occurrences - [Exodus 10:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/10/2) — And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done… - [Leviticus 19:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/19/10) — And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and strang… - [Numbers 22:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/22/29) — And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee. - [Deuteronomy 24:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/24/21) — When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and fo… - [Judges 19:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/19/25) — But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all… - [Judges 20:45](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/20/45) — And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pur… - [1 Samuel 6:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/6/6) — Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, di… - [1 Samuel 31:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/31/4) — Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through,… - [1 Chronicles 10:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/10/4) — Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his ar… - [Job 16:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/16/15) — I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust. - [Psalms 141:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/141/4) — Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. - [Isaiah 3:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/3/12) — As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy… - [Jeremiah 6:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/6/9) — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the… - [Jeremiah 38:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/38/19) — And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, a… - [Lamentations 1:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/1/12) — Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the… - [Lamentations 1:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/1/22) — Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, an… - [Lamentations 2:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/2/20) — Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest an… - [Lamentations 3:51](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/3/51) — Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.