Iniquity The word aval (עול) is thought to designate the want of integrity and rectitude which is the accompaniment, if not the essential part, of wrong-doing. this word in some of its forms reminds one of the word evil (Ger. Uebel), and of the contracted word ill . The chief renderings for it in the LXX are ἀδικία and ἀνομία of which the first is probably the best. Aval is rendered unjust in Psalms 43:1, Psalms 82:2, Proverbs 29:27, Isaiah 26:10, Zephaniah 3:5, unrighteous in Leviticus 19:15, Leviticus 19:35, Deuteronomy 25:16, Job 27:7, Psalms 71:4, Psalms 92:15, ungodly in Job 16:11, perverse in Isaiah 59:3, wicked in twelve passages, including Psalms 89:22, 'The enemy shall not exact up on him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him.'
Aval is also rendered iniquity in about thirty passages; and this word, taken in its original sense, as a departure from that which is equal and right, is probably the most suitable rendering. The usage of the word is well illustrated by Malachi 2:6, where we read of Levi that 'the law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips; he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from unrighteousness.'