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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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Nor H3808 has He seen H7200 trouble H5999 in Israel; H3478
The LORD H3068 his God H430 is with him,
And the shout H8643 of a king H4428 is among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:14 - ‘I have not eaten H398 of it [fn]while mourning, H205 nor H3808 have I removed H1197 any H4480 of it while I was unclean, H2931 nor H3808 offered H5414 any H4480 of it to the dead. H4191 I have listened H8085 to the voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 my God; H430 I have done H6213 according to all H3605 that You have commanded H6680 me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:23 - “For rebellion H4805 is as the sin H2403 of divination, H7081
And insubordination H6484 is as iniquity H205 and idolatry. H8655
Because H3282 you have rejected H3988 the word H1697 of the LORD, H3068
He has also rejected H3988 you from being king.” H4428

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:8 - “According to what H834 I have seen, H7200 those who plow H2790 iniquity H205
And those who sow H2232 trouble H5999 harvest H7114 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - “For affliction H205 does not come H3318 from the dust, H6083
Nor H3808 does trouble H5999 sprout H6779 from the ground, H127

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11 - “For He knows H3045 false H7723 men, H4962
And He sees H7200 iniquity H205 [fn]without H3808 investigating. H995

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14 - If H518 iniquity H205 is in your hand, H3027 put H7368 it far H7368 away, H7368
And do not let wickedness H5766 dwell H7931 in your tents; H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - “They conceive H2029 [fn]mischief H5999 and bring H3205 forth H3205 iniquity, H205
And their [fn]mind H990 prepares H3559 deception.” H4820

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:19 - “You say, ‘God H433 stores H6845 away H6845 [fn]a man’s iniquity H205 for his sons.’ H1121
Let [fn]God repay H7999 him so that he may know H3045 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:15 - “Will you keep H8104 to the ancient H5769 path H734
Which H834 wicked H205 men H4962 have trod, H1869

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:3 - “Is it not calamity H343 to the unjust H5767
And disaster H5235 to those who work H6466 iniquity? H205

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:8 - Who goes H732 in company H2274 with the workers H6466 of iniquity, H205
And walks H1980 with wicked H7562 men? H376

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22 - “There H369 is no H369 darkness H2822 or deep H6757 shadow H6757
Where H8033 the workers H6466 of iniquity H205 may hide H5641 themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36 - ‘Job H347 ought H15 to be tried H974 [fn]to the limit, H5331
Because H5921 he answers H8666 like wicked H205 men. H376

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:10 - “He opens H1540 their ear H241 to instruction, H4148
And commands H559 that they return H7725 from evil. H205

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21 - “Be careful, H8104 do not turn H6437 to evil, H205
For you have preferred H977 this H2088 to affliction. H6040

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:5 - The boastful H1984 shall not stand H3320 before H5048 Your eyes; H5869
You hate H8130 all H3605 who do H6466 iniquity. H205

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:8 - Depart H5493 from me, all H3605 you who do H6466 iniquity, H205
For the LORD H3068 has heard H8085 the voice H6963 of my weeping. H1065

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:14 - Behold, H2009 he travails H2254 with wickedness, H205
And he conceives H2029 mischief H5999 and brings H3205 forth H3205 falsehood. H8267

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - His mouth H6310 is full H4390 of curses H423 and deceit H4820 and oppression; H8496
Under H8478 his tongue H3956 is mischief H5999 and wickedness. H205

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:4 - Do all H3605 the workers H6466 of wickedness H205 not know, H3045
Who eat H398 up my people H5971 as they eat H398 bread, H3899
And do not call H7121 upon the LORD? H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:3 - Do not drag H4900 me away H4900 with the wicked H7563
And with those who work H6466 iniquity, H205
Who speak H1696 peace H7965 with their neighbors, H7453
While evil H7451 is in their hearts. H3824

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 - The words H1697 of his mouth H6310 are wickedness H205 and deceit; H4820
He has ceased H2308 to [fn]be wise H7919 and to do H3190 good. H3190

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:4 - He plans H2803 wickedness H205 upon his bed; H4904
He sets H3320 himself on a path H1870 that is not good; H2896
He does not despise H3988 evil. H7451

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:12 - There H8033 the doers H6466 of iniquity H205 have fallen; H5307
They have been thrust H1760 down H1760 and cannot H3201 H3808 rise. H6965

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:6 - And [fn]when H518 he comes H935 to see H7200 me, he speaks H1696 [fn]falsehood; H7723
His heart H3820 gathers H6908 wickedness H205 to itself;
When he goes H3318 outside, H2351 he tells H1696 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:4 - Have H3045 the workers H6466 of wickedness H205 no H3808 knowledge, H3045
Who eat H398 up My people H5971 as though they ate H398 bread H3899
And have not called H7121 upon God? H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 - Because H4480 of the voice H6963 of the enemy, H340
Because H4480 H6440 of the pressure H6125 of the wicked; H7563
For they bring H4131 down H4131 [fn]trouble H205 upon me
And in anger H639 they bear H7852 a grudge H7852 against H7852 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 - Day H3119 and night H3915 they go H5437 around H5437 her upon her walls, H2346
And iniquity H205 and mischief H5999 are in her midst. H7130

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:7 - Because H5921 of wickedness, H205 [fn]cast H6405 them forth, H6405
In anger H639 put H3381 down H3381 the peoples, H5971 O God! H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:2 - Deliver H5337 me from those who do H6466 iniquity H205
And save H3467 me from men H376 of bloodshed. H1818

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - You, O LORD H3068 God H430 of hosts, H6635 the God H430 of Israel, H3478
Awake H6974 to [fn]punish H6485 all H3605 the nations; H1471
Do not be gracious H2603 to any H3605 who are treacherous H898 in iniquity. H205 [fn]Selah. H5542

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:2 - Hide H5641 me from the secret H5475 counsel H5475 of evildoers, H7489
From the tumult H7285 of those who do H6466 iniquity, H205

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:18 - If H518 I [fn]regard H7200 wickedness H205 in my heart, H3820
The Lord H136 [fn]will not [fn]hear; H8085

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - As for the days H3117 of our [fn]life, H8141 [fn]they contain seventy H7657 years, H8141
Or if H518 due to strength, H1369 eighty H8084 years, H8141
Yet their pride H7296 is but labor H5999 and sorrow; H205
For soon H2440 it is gone H1468 and we fly H5774 away. H5774

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7 - That when the wicked H7563 sprouted H6524 up like H3644 grass H6212
And all H3605 who did H6466 iniquity H205 flourished, H6692
It was only that they might be destroyed H8045 forevermore. H5704 H5703

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:9 - For, behold, H2009 Your enemies, H340 O LORD, H3068
For, behold, H2009 Your enemies H340 will perish; H6
All H3605 who do H6466 iniquity H205 will be scattered. H6504

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:4 - They pour H5042 forth H5042 words, they speak H1696 arrogantly; H6277
All H3605 who do H6466 wickedness H205 vaunt H559 themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:16 - Who H4310 will stand H6965 up for me against H5973 evildoers? H7489
Who H4310 will take H3320 his stand H3320 for me against H5973 those who do H6466 wickedness? H205

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:23 - He has brought H7725 back H7725 their wickedness H205 upon them
And will [fn]destroy H6789 them in their evil; H7451
The LORD H3068 our God H430 will [fn]destroy H6789 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:8 - Every morning H1242 I will [fn]destroy H6789 all H3605 the wicked H7563 of the land, H776
So as to cut H3772 off H3772 from the city H5892 of the LORD H3068 all H3605 those who do H6466 iniquity. H205

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:133 - Establish H3559 my footsteps H6471 in Your [fn]word, H565
And do not let any H3605 iniquity H205 have H7980 dominion H7980 over me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:5 - But as for those who turn H5186 aside H5186 to their crooked H6128 ways, H6128
The LORD H3068 will lead H1980 them away with the doers H6466 of iniquity. H205
Peace H7965 be upon Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 - Do not incline H5186 my heart H3820 to any evil H7451 thing, H1697
To practice H5953 deeds H5953 [fn]of wickedness H7562
With men H376 who do H6466 iniquity; H205
And do not let me eat H3898 of their delicacies. H4516

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 - Keep H8104 me from the [fn]jaws H3027 of the trap H6341 which they have set H3369 for me,
And from the snares H4170 of those who do H6466 iniquity. H205

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:12 - A worthless H1100 person, H120 a wicked H205 man, H376
Is the one who walks H1980 with a perverse H6143 mouth, H6310

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:18 - A heart H3820 that devises H2790 wicked H205 plans, H4284
Feet H7272 that run H7323 rapidly H4116 to evil, H7451

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:29 - The way H1870 of the LORD H3068 is a stronghold H4581 to the upright, H8537
But ruin H4288 to the workers H6466 of iniquity. H205

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7 - When a wicked H7563 man H120 dies, H4194 his expectation H8615 will perish, H6
And the hope H8431 of strong H202 men H202 perishes. H6

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:21 - No H3808 H3605 harm H205 befalls H579 the righteous, H6662
But the wicked H7563 are filled H4390 with trouble. H7451

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