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Lexicon :: Strong's H205 - 'āven

Aa
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
Dictionary Aids

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).
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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

H205

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:8 - Even as H834 I have seen, H7200 they that plow H2790 iniquity, H205 and sow H2232 wickedness, H5999 reap the same. H7114

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - Although H3588 affliction H205 cometh H3318➔ not H3808 forth ➔H3318 of the dust, H6083 neither H3808 doth H6779➔ trouble H5999 spring out ➔H6779 of the ground; H127

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - They conceive H2029 mischief, H5999 and bring forth H3205 vanity, H205 and their belly H990 prepareth H3559 deceit. H4820

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:3 - Is not H3808 destruction H343 to the wicked? H5767 and a strange H5235 punishment to the workers H6466 of iniquity? H205

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:8 - Which goeth H732 in company H2274 with H5973 the workers H6466 of iniquity, H205 and walketh H3212 with H5973 wicked H7562 men. H376

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22 - There is no H369 darkness, H2822 nor H369 shadow of death, H6757 where H8033 the workers H6466 of iniquity H205 may hide themselves. H5641

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:10 - He openeth also H1540 their ear H241 to discipline, H4148 and commandeth H559 that H3588 they return H7725 from iniquity. H205

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:6 - And if H518 he come H935 to see H7200 me, he speaketh H1696 vanity: H7723 his heart H3820 gathereth H6908 iniquity H205 to itself; when he goeth H3318 abroad, H2351 he telleth H1696 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 - Day H3119 and night H3915 they go about it H5437 upon H5921 the walls thereof: H2346 mischief also H205 and sorrow H5999 are in the midst of it. H7130

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:2 - Hide me H5641 from the secret counsel H5475 of the wicked; H7489 from the insurrection H7285 of the workers H6466 of iniquity: H205

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - The days H3117 of our years H8141 are threescore H7657➔ years H8141 and ten; ➔H7657 and if H518 by reason of strength H1369 they be fourscore H8084 years, H8141 yet H7296➔ is their strength ➔H7296 labour H5999 and sorrow; H205 for H3588 it is H1468➔ soon H2440 cut off, ➔H1468 and we fly away. H5774

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:9 - For, H3588 lo, H2009 thine enemies, H341 O LORD, H3068 for, H3588 lo, H2009 thine enemies H341 shall perish; H6 all H3605 the workers H6466 of iniquity H205 shall be scattered. H6504

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:4 - How long shall they utter H5042 and speak H1696 hard things? H6277 and all H3605 the workers H6466 of iniquity H205 boast themselves? H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:16 - Who H4310 will rise up H6965 for me H589 against H5973 the evildoers? H7489 or who H4310 will stand up H3320 for me H589 against H5973 the workers H6466 of iniquity? H205

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:23 - And he shall bring H7725 upon them H5921 their own iniquity, H205 and H7451➔ shall cut them off H6789 in their own wickedness; ➔H7451 yea, the LORD H3068 our God H430 shall cut them off. H6789

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:5 - As for such as turn aside H5186 unto their crooked ways, H6128 the LORD H3068 shall lead them forth H3212 with H854 the workers H6466 of iniquity: H205 but peace H7965 shall be upon H5921 Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 - Keep me H8104 from H3027 the snares H6341 which they have laid H3369 for me, H589 and the gins H4170 of the workers H6466 of iniquity. H205

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