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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).
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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.

Page 1 / 2 (Num 23:21–Pro 12:21)

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:21 - He has not saw iniquity in Ya`akov; Neither has he seen perverseness in Yisra'el: The LORD his God is with him, The shout of a king is among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:14 - I have not eaten of it in my mourning, neither have I put away of it, being unclean, nor given of it for the dead: I have listened to the voice of the LORD my God; I have done according to all that you have commanded me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:23 - For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and terafim. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has also rejected you from being king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:8 - According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, And sow trouble, Reap the same.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - For affliction doesn't come forth from the dust, Neither does trouble spring out of the ground;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11 - For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn't consider it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14 - If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, Don't let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:19 - You say, 'God lays up his iniquity for his children.' Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:15 - Will you keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:3 - Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:8 - Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, And walks with wicked men?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22 - There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36 - I wish that Iyov were tried to the end, Because of his answering like wicked men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:10 - He also opens their ears to instruction, And commands that they return from iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21 - Take heed, don't regard iniquity; For this you have chosen rather than affliction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:5 - The arrogant shall not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:8 - Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, For the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:14 - Behold, he travails with iniquity; Yes, he has conceived mischief, And brought forth falsehood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:4 - Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And don't call on the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:3 - Don't draw me away with the wicked, With the workers of iniquity who speak shalom with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 - The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:4 - He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good; He doesn't abhor evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:12 - There the workers of iniquity are fallen. They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:6 - If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:4 - Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And don't call on God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 - Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 - Day and night they prowl around on its walls. Malice and abuse are also within her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:7 - Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:2 - Deliver me from the workers of iniquity. Save me from the bloodthirsty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - You, LORD God Tzva'ot, the God of Yisra'el, Rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:2 - Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, From the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:18 - If I cherished sin in my heart, The Lord wouldn't have listened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - The days of our years are seventy, Or even by reason of strength eighty years; Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, For it passes quickly, and we fly away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7 - Though the wicked spring up as the grass, And all the evil-doers flourish, They will be destroyed forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:9 - For, behold, your enemies, LORD, For, behold, your enemies shall perish. All the evil-doers will be scattered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:4 - They pour out arrogant words. All the evil-doers boast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:16 - Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:23 - He has brought on them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness. The LORD, our God, will cut them off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 101:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:8 - Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land; To cut off all the workers of iniquity from the LORD's city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:133

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:133 - Establish my footsteps in your word. Don't let any iniquity have dominion over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 125:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:5 - But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, The LORD will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Shalom be on Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 - Don't incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don't let me eat of their delicacies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 - Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, From the traps of the workers of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:12 - A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:18 - A heart that devises wicked schemes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:29 - The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the upright, But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7 - When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, And expectation of power comes to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:21 - No mischief shall happen to the righteous, But the wicked shall be filled with evil.

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