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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
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).
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 2 / 2 (Pro 17:4–Zec 10:2)

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:4 -

An evildoer listens to wicked H205 lips;

A [fn]liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:28 -

A worthless witness makes a mockery of justice,

And the mouth of the wicked [fn]swallows wrongdoing H205.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:15 -

The exercise of justice is joy for the righteous,

But terror to those who practice injustice H205.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:8 -

One who sows injustice will reap disaster H205,

And the rod of his fury will perish.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:20 -

This is the way of an adulterous woman:

She eats and wipes her mouth,

And says, “I have done no wrong H205.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:13 -

“Do not go on bringing your worthless offerings,

Incense is an abomination to Me.

New moon and Sabbath, the proclamation of an assembly

I cannot endure wrongdoing H205 and the festive assembly.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 -

Woe to those who enact unjust H205 statutes

And to those who constantly record [fn]harmful decisions,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:20 -

For the ruthless will come to an end and the scorner will be finished,

Indeed all who [fn]are intent on doing evil H205 will be eliminated,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:2 -

Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster,

And does not retract His words,

But will arise against the house of evildoers,

And against the help of the workers of injustice H205.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 -

For a fool speaks nonsense,

And his heart [fn]inclines toward wickedness H205:

To practice ungodliness and to speak error against the LORD,

To [fn]keep the hungry person unsatisfied

And [fn]to withhold drink from the thirsty.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:29 -

“Behold, all of them are [fn]false H205;

Their works are nothing,

Their cast metal images are wind and emptiness.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:7 -

Let the wicked abandon his way,

And the unrighteous H205 person his thoughts;

And let him return to the LORD,

And He will have compassion on him,

And to our God,

For He will abundantly pardon.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:9 -

“Then you will call, and the LORD will answer;

You will cry for help, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’

If you remove the yoke from your midst,

The [fn]pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness H205,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:4 -

No one sues righteously and no one pleads [fn]honestly.

They trust in confusion and speak lies;

They conceive trouble and give birth to disaster H205.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:6 -

Their webs will not become clothing,

Nor will they cover themselves with their works;

Their works are works of wrongdoing H205,

And an act of violence is in their [fn]hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:7 -

Their feet run to evil,

And they hurry to shed innocent blood;

Their thoughts are thoughts of wrongdoing H205,

Devastation and destruction are in their paths.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3 -

But the one who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a person;

The one who sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck;

One who offers a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood;

One who [fn]burns incense is like one who blesses an idol H205.

As they have chosen their own ways,

And their souls delight in their abominations,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:14 -

Wash your heart from evil, Jerusalem,

So that you may be saved.

How long will your wicked H205 thoughts

Lodge within you?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:15 -

For a voice declares from Dan,

And proclaims wickedness H205 from Mount Ephraim.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:2 - Then He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise wrongdoing H205 and give evil advice in this city,
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:8 -

Gilead is a city of wrongdoers H205,

Tracked with bloody footprints.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:4 -

They will not pour out drink offerings of wine to the LORD,

Nor will [fn]their sacrifices please Him.

Their bread will be to them like [fn]mourners’ H205 bread;

All who eat it will be defiled,

Because their bread will be for [fn]themselves alone;

It will not enter the house of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:8 -

Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed;

Thorns and thistles will grow on their altars;

Then they will say to the mountains,

“Cover us!” And to the hills, “Fall on us!”

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:11 -

Is there injustice H205 in Gilead?

Certainly they are worthless.

In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls,

Yes, their altars are like stone heaps

Beside the furrows of a field.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:5 -

“But do not [fn]resort to Bethel

And do not come to Gilgal,

Nor cross over to Beersheba;

For Gilgal will certainly go into captivity

And Bethel will [fn]come to nothing H205.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:1 -

Woe to those who devise wrongdoing H205,

Who practice evil on their beds!

[fn]When morning comes, they do it,

Because it is in the power of their hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:3 -

Why do You make me see disaster H205,

And make me look at destitution?

Yes, devastation and violence are before me;

Strife exists and contention arises.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:7 -

I saw the tents of Cushan under distress H205,

The tent curtains of the land of Midian were trembling.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 -

For the [fn]household idols speak deception H205,

And the diviners see [fn]an illusion

And tell deceitful dreams;

They comfort in vain.

Therefore the people [fn]wander like sheep,

They are wretched because there is no shepherd.


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