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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 has not observed [fn]misfortune H205 in Jacob;

Nor has He seen trouble in Israel;

Yahweh his God is with him,

And the shout of a king is among them.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:14 - ‘I have not eaten of it [fn]while mourning H205, nor have I purged any of it while I was unclean, nor have I given any of it to the dead. I have listened to the voice of Yahweh my God; I have done according to all that You have commanded me.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:23 -

“For rebellion is as the sin of divination,

And insubordination is as wickedness H205 and idolatry.

Because you have rejected the word of Yahweh,

He has also rejected you from being king.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:8 -

“According to what I have seen, those who plow wickedness H205

And those who sow trouble harvest it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 -

“For wickedness H205 does not come out from the dust,

Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11 -

“For He knows worthless men,

And He sees wickedness H205, [fn]so will He not carefully consider it?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14 -

If wickedness H205 is in your hand, put it far away,

And do not let unrighteousness dwell in your tents;

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 -

“They conceive [fn]trouble and give birth to wickedness H205,

And their [fn]belly prepares deception.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:19 -

You say, ‘God stores away [fn]a man’s wickedness H205 for his sons.’

Let [fn]God repay him so that he may know it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:15 -

“Will you keep to the ancient path

Which wicked H205 men have trod,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:3 -

“Is it not disaster to the unjust

And misfortune to those who work iniquity H205?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:8 -

But he travels in company with the workers of iniquity H205,

And walks with wicked men?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22 -

“There is no darkness or shadow of death

Where the workers of iniquity H205 may hide themselves.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36 -

‘Job ought to be tested [fn]to the limit

Because he answers like wicked H205 men.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:10 -

“He opens their ear to discipline,

And says that they return from wickedness H205.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21 -

“Be careful, do not turn to wickedness H205,

For you have chosen this to affliction.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:5 -

The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes;

You hate all workers of iniquity H205.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:8 -

Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity H205,

For Yahweh has heard the sound of my weeping.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:14 -

Behold, he travails with wickedness H205,

And he conceives mischief and gives birth to falsehood.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 -

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His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression;

Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness H205.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:4 -

Do all the workers of iniquity H205 not know,

Who eat up my people as they eat bread,

And do not call upon Yahweh?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:3 -

Do not drag me away with the wicked

And with workers of iniquity H205,

Who speak peace with their neighbors,

While evil is in their hearts.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 -

The words of his mouth are wickedness H205 and deceit;

He has ceased to consider to do good.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:4 -

He devises wickedness H205 upon his bed;

He sets himself on a path that is not good;

He does not despise evil.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:12 -

There the workers of wickedness H205 have fallen;

They have been thrust down and cannot rise.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:6 -

And [fn]when he comes to see me, he speaks [fn]worthlessness;

His heart gathers wickedness H205 to itself;

When he goes outside, he speaks it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:4 -

Do the workers of iniquity H205 not know,

Who eat up my people as they eat bread

And do not call upon God?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 -

Because of the voice of the enemy,

Because of the pressure of the wicked;

For they shake wickedness H205 down upon me

And in anger they bear a grudge against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 -

Day and night they go around her upon her walls,

And wickedness H205 and mischief are in her midst.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:7 -

On account of their wickedness H205, will they have an escape?

In anger, bring down the peoples, O God!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:2 -

Deliver me from workers of iniquity H205

And save me from men of bloodshed.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 -

You, O Yahweh God of hosts, the God of Israel,

Awake to [fn]punish all the nations;

Do not be gracious to any who are treacherous in [fn]iniquity H205. [fn]Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:2 -

Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers,

From the tumult of the workers of iniquity H205,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:18 -

If I [fn]see wickedness H205 in my heart,

The Lord [fn]will not [fn]hear;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 -

As for the days of our [fn]life, [fn]they contain seventy years,

Or if due to might, eighty years,

Yet their pride is but labor and wickedness H205;

For soon it is gone and we fly away.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7 -

That when the wicked flourished like grass

And all the workers of iniquity H205 blossomed,

It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:9 -

For, behold, Your enemies, O Yahweh,

For, behold, Your enemies will perish;

All the workers of iniquity H205 will be scattered.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:4 -

They pour forth words, they speak arrogantly;

All workers of iniquity H205 vaunt themselves.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:16 -

Who will arise for me against evildoers?

Who will take his stand for me against workers of iniquity H205?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:23 -

He has brought back their [fn]iniquity H205 upon them

And will [fn]destroy them in their evil;

Yahweh our God will [fn]destroy them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:8 -

Every morning I will [fn]destroy all the wicked of the land,

To cut off from the city of Yahweh all the workers of iniquity H205.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:133 -

Establish my steps in Your [fn]word,

And do not let any wickedness H205 overpower me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:5 -

But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways,

Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity H205.

Peace be upon Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 -

Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,

To practice deeds in wickedness

With men who are workers of iniquity H205;

And do not let me eat of their delicacies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 -

Keep me from the [fn]jaws of the trap which they have set for me,

And from the snares of workers of iniquity H205.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:12 -

A vile person, a wicked H205 man,

Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:18 -

A heart that devises wicked H205 thoughts,

Feet that hasten to run to evil,

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:29 -

The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the one with integrity,

But ruin to the workers of iniquity H205.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7 -

When a wicked man dies, his hope will perish,

And the expectation of vigorous men perishes.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:21 -

No misfortune H205 befalls the righteous,

But the wicked are filled with calamity.


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