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Lexicon :: Strong's H205 - 'āven

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אָוֶן
Transliteration
'āven
Pronunciation
aw-ven'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain
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TWOT Reference: 48a

Strong’s Definitions

אָוֶן ʼâven, aw-ven'; from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught); strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol:—affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare H369.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 78x

The KJV translates Strong's H205 in the following manner: iniquity (47x), wicked(ness) (8x), vanity (6x), affliction (3x), mischief (3x), unrighteous (2x), evil (1x), false (1x), idol (1x), mourners (1x), mourning (1x), nought (1x), sorrow (1x), unjust (1x), vain (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 78x
The KJV translates Strong's H205 in the following manner: iniquity (47x), wicked(ness) (8x), vanity (6x), affliction (3x), mischief (3x), unrighteous (2x), evil (1x), false (1x), idol (1x), mourners (1x), mourning (1x), nought (1x), sorrow (1x), unjust (1x), vain (1x).
  1. trouble, wickedness, sorrow

    1. trouble, sorrow

    2. idolatry

    3. trouble of iniquity, wickedness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָוֶן ʼâven, aw-ven'; from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught); strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol:—affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare H369.
STRONGS H205: Abbreviations
אָ֫וֶן 85 noun masculineJob 5:6 trouble, sorrow, wickedness — absolute Numbers 23:21 +; suffix אוֺנִי Genesis 35:18 etc.; plural אוֺנִים Hosea 9:4
1. trouble, sorrow בֶּן־אוֺנִי son of my trouble or sorrow Genesis 35:18 (E); לֹא הִבִּיט אָוֶן בְּיַעֲקֹב Numbers 23:21 (song of Balaam), he doth not behold trouble in Jacob (|| he doth not see misery — עָמָל — in Israel); often || עָמָל Psalm 7:15 (הִנֵּה יְחַבֶּל־אָוֶן lo he travaileth with trouble || וְהָרָה עָמָל וְיָלַד שָׁ֑קֶר, yea he hath conceived misery & brought forth a lie), probably thence Job 15:35 (הָרהֹ עָמָל וְיָלֹד אָוֶן) = Isaiah 59:4; compare עָמָל וָאָוֶן Psalm 10:7; Psalm 55:11; Psalm 90:10; Job 4:8; Job 5:6; Isaiah 10:1 (see עָמָל); also זוֺרֵעַ עַוְלָה יִקְצָר־אָוֶן Proverbs 22:8 the sower of iniquity shall reap trouble; in this sense elsewhere only Deuteronomy 26:14; Proverbs 12:21; Jeremiah 4:15; Habakkuk 3:7; Amos 5:5, plural intensive לֶחֶם אוֺנִים bread of trouble, sorrow, or mourning Hosea 9:4.
2. idolatry Hosea 12:12; Isaiah 41:29; אָוֶן וּתְרָפִים הַפְצַ֑ר stubbornness is idolatry & (the use of) teraphim 1 Samuel 15:23 (poetry source); אָוֶן בֵּית Hosea 4:15 (for בֵּית אֵל because Bethel, house of God, is given over to idolatry) so also Hosea 5:8; Hosea 10:5 compare בָּמוֺת א׳ [H206 Hosea 10:8]; בִּקְעַת א׳ [H206 Amos 1:5] (Baalbek); בַּחוּרֵי א׳ read אוֺן, [H204 אֹן = On], Heliopolis [H206 Ezekiel 30:17]; — abstract for concrete = idols Isaiah 66:3.
3. trouble of iniquity, wickedness, מְתֵי אָוֶן Job 22:15; אַנְשֵׁי א׳ Job 34:36 = men of trouble, troublers, wicked men; compare אִישׁ א׳ Proverbs 6:12; Isaiah 55:17; אָוֶן פֹּעֲלֵי workers of trouble, evil-doers, workers of iniquity Job 31:3; Job 34:8,22; Psalm 5:6; + (16 times chiefly late Psalms) Proverbs 10:29; Proverbs 21:15; Isaiah 31:2; Hosea 6:8; מַחְשְׁבוֺת אָוֶן thoughts of trouble, wicked imaginations Proverbs 6:18; Isaiah 59:7; Jeremiah 4:14; often of words & thoughts Job 11:11 + (5 times) Psalm 36:5 + (9 times) Proverbs 17:4; Proverbs 19:28; Proverbs 30:20; Isaiah 29:20; Isaiah 32:6; Isaiah 58:9; Isaiah 59:6; Ezekiel 11:2; Micah 2:1; Habakkuk 1:3; Zechariah 10:2; לֹא אוּכַל אָוֶן וַעֲצָרָה Isaiah 1:13 I cannot bear iniquity with the solemn meeting (RV & most modern; AV it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

35:18; 35:18

Numbers

23:21; 23:21

Deuteronomy

26:14

1 Samuel

15:23

Job

4:8; 5:6; 5:6; 11:11; 15:35; 22:15; 31:3; 34:8; 34:22; 34:36

Psalms

5:6; 7:15; 10:7; 36:5; 55:11; 90:10

Proverbs

6:12; 6:18; 10:29; 12:21; 17:4; 19:28; 21:15; 22:8; 30:20

Isaiah

1:13; 10:1; 29:20; 31:2; 32:6; 41:29; 58:9; 59:4; 59:6; 59:7; 66:3

Jeremiah

4:14; 4:15

Ezekiel

11:2

Hosea

4:15; 5:8; 6:8; 9:4; 9:4; 10:5; 12:12

Amos

5:5

Micah

2:1

Habakkuk

1:3; 3:7

Zechariah

10:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H205 matches the Hebrew אָוֶן ('āven),
which occurs 79 times in 79 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Num 23:21–Pro 12:21)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:21 - He hath not beheld iniquity H205 in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:14 - I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, H205 neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:23 - For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity H205 and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:8 - Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, H205 and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - Although affliction H205 cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11 - For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness H205 also; will he not then consider it?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14 - If iniquity H205 be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, H205 and their belly prepareth deceit.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:19 - God layeth up his iniquity H205 for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:15 - Hast thou marked the old way which wicked H205 men have trodden?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:3 - Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? H205
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:8 - Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, H205 and walketh with wicked men.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22 - There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity H205 may hide themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36 - My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked H205 men.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:10 - He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. H205
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21 - Take heed, regard not iniquity: H205 for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:5 - The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. H205
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:8 - Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; H205 for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:14 - Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, H205 and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. H205
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:4 - Have all the workers of iniquity H205 no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:3 - Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, H205 which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 - The words of his mouth are iniquity H205 and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:4 - He deviseth mischief H205 upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:12 - There are the workers of iniquity H205 fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:6 - And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity H205 to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:4 - Have the workers of iniquity H205 no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 - Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity H205 upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 - Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief H205 also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:7 - Shall they escape by iniquity? H205 in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:2 - Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, H205 and save me from bloody men.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked H205 transgressors. Selah.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:2 - Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: H205
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:18 - If I regard iniquity H205 in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; H205 for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7 - When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity H205 do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:9 - For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity H205 shall be scattered.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:4 - How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity H205 boast themselves?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:16 - Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? H205
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:23 - And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, H205 and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:8 - I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked H205 doers from the city of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:133 - Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity H205 have dominion over me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:5 - As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: H205 but peace shall be upon Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 - Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: H205 and let me not eat of their dainties.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 - Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. H205
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:12 - A naughty person, a wicked H205 man, walketh with a froward mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:18 - An heart that deviseth wicked H205 imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:29 - The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. H205
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7 - When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust H205 men perisheth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:21 - There shall no evil H205 happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

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