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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 BoxNum 23:21 - non est idolum in Iacob nec videtur simulacrum in Israhel Dominus Deus eius cum eo est et clangor victoriae regis in illo

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:14 - non comedi ex eis in luctu meo nec separavi ea in qualibet inmunditia nec expendi ex his quicquam in re funebri oboedivi voci Domini Dei mei et feci omnia sicut praecepisti mihi

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:23 - quoniam quasi peccatum ariolandi est repugnare et quasi scelus idolatriae nolle adquiescere pro eo ergo quod abiecisti sermonem Domini abiecit te ne sis rex

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:8 - quin potius vidi eos qui operantur iniquitatem et seminant dolores et metunt eos

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - nihil in terra sine causa fit et de humo non orietur dolor

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11 - ipse enim novit hominum vanitatem et videns iniquitatem nonne considerat

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14 - si iniquitatem quod est in manu tua abstuleris a te et non manserit in tabernaculo tuo iniustitia

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - concepit dolorem et peperit iniquitatem et uterus eius praeparat dolos

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:19 - Deus servabit filiis illius dolorem patris et cum reddiderit tunc sciet

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:15 - numquid semitam saeculorum custodire cupis quam calcaverunt viri iniqui

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:3 - numquid non perditio est iniquo et alienatio operantibus iniustitiam

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:8 - qui graditur cum operantibus iniquitatem et ambulat cum viris impiis

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22 - non sunt tenebrae et non est umbra mortis ut abscondantur ibi qui operantur iniquitatem

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36 - pater mi probetur Iob usque ad finem ne desinas in hominibus iniquitatis

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:10 - revelabit quoque aurem eorum ut corripiat et loquetur ut revertantur ab iniquitate

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21 - cave ne declines ad iniquitatem hanc enim coepisti sequi post miseriam

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:5 - [Vulgate 5:6] nec habitabit iuxta te malignus non stabunt iniqui in conspectu oculorum tuorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:8 - [Vulgate 6:9] recedite a me omnes qui operamini iniquitatem quia audivit Dominus vocem fletus mei

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:14 - [Vulgate 7:15] ecce parturit iniquitatem et concepto dolore peperit mendacium

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - [Vulgate 9:28] maledictione os eius plenum est et dolis et avaritia sub lingua eius dolor et iniquitas

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:4 - [Vulgate 13:4] nonne cognoscent omnes qui operantur iniquitatem qui devorant populum meum ut cibum panis

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:3 - [Vulgate 27:3] ne trahas me cum impiis et cum operantibus iniquitatem qui loquuntur pacem cum amicis suis et est malum in corde eorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 - [Vulgate 35:4] verba oris eius iniquitas et dolus cessavit cogitare benefacere

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:4 - [Vulgate 35:5] iniquitatem cogitat in cubili suo stabit in via non bona malum non abiciet

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:12 - [Vulgate 35:13] ibi ceciderunt operantes iniquitatem expulsi sunt et non potuerunt surgere

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:6 - [Vulgate 40:7] et si venerit ut visitet vana loquetur cor eius congregabit iniquitatem sibi et egrediens foras detrahet

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:4 - [Vulgate 52:5] numquid non cognoverunt qui operantur iniquitatem qui comedunt populum meum ut cibum panis

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 - [Vulgate 54:4] a voce inimici a facie persequentis impii quoniam proiecerunt super me iniquitatem et in furore adversabantur mihi

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 - [Vulgate 54:11] die et nocte circumeuntes muros eius scelus et dolorem in medio eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:7 - [Vulgate 55:8] quia nullus est salvus in eis in furore populos detrahet Deus

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:2 - [Vulgate 58:3] libera me ab operariis iniquitatis et a viris sanguinum salva me

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - [Vulgate 58:6] surge ex adverso pro me et respice et tu Domine Deus exercituum Deus Israhel evigila ut visites omnes gentes non miserearis universis qui operantur iniquitatem semper

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:2 - [Vulgate 63:3] absconde me a consilio malignorum a tumultu operantium iniquitatem

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:18 - [Vulgate 65:18] iniquitatem si vidi in corde meo non exaudiat Dominus

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - [Vulgate 89:10] dies annorum nostrorum in ipsis septuaginta anni si autem multum octoginta anni et quod amplius est labor et dolor quoniam transivimus cito et avolavimus

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7 - [Vulgate 91:8] germinaverunt impii quasi faenum et floruerunt omnes qui operantur iniquitatem ut contererentur usque in sempiternum

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:9 - [Vulgate 91:10] ecce enim inimici tui Domine ecce inimici tui peribunt et dissipabuntur omnes qui operantur iniquitatem

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:4 - [Vulgate 93:4] fluent loquentes antiquum garrient omnes qui operantur iniquitatem

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:16 - [Vulgate 93:16] quis stabit pro me adversum malos quis stabit pro me adversum operarios iniquitatis

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:23 - [Vulgate 93:23] et restitues super eos iniquitatem suam et in malitia sua perdes eos perdet eos Dominus Deus noster

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 101:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:8 - [Vulgate 100:8] mane perdam omnes impios terrae ut interficiam de civitate Domini universos qui operantur iniquitatem

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:133

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:133 - [Vulgate 118:133] gressus meos firma in sermone tuo et non des potestatem in me universae iniquitati

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 125:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:5 - [Vulgate 124:5] qui autem declinant ad pravitates suas deducet eos Dominus cum his qui operantur iniquitatem pax super Israhel

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 - [Vulgate 140:4] ne declines cor meum in verbum malum volvere cogitationes impias cum viris operantibus iniquitatem neque comedere in deliciis eorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 - [Vulgate 140:9] custodi me de manibus laquei quod posuerunt mihi et de offendiculis operantium iniquitatem

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:12 - homo apostata vir inutilis graditur ore perverso

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:18 - cor machinans cogitationes pessimas pedes veloces ad currendum in malum

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:29 - fortitudo simplicis via Domini et pavor his qui operantur malum

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7 - mortuo homine impio nulla erit ultra spes et expectatio sollicitorum peribit

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:21 - non contristabit iustum quicquid ei acciderit impii autem replebuntur malo

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