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Lexicon :: Strong's H5771 - ʿāôn

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עָוֹן
Transliteration
ʿāôn
Pronunciation
aw-vone'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 1577a

Strong’s Definitions

עָוֺן ʻâvôn, aw-vone'; or עָווֹן ʻâvôwn; (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 [7]), from H5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil:—fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 230x

The KJV translates Strong's H5771 in the following manner: iniquity (220x), punishment (5x), fault (2x), Iniquities (with H1697) (1x), mischief (1x), sin (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 230x
The KJV translates Strong's H5771 in the following manner: iniquity (220x), punishment (5x), fault (2x), Iniquities (with H1697) (1x), mischief (1x), sin (1x).
  1. perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity

    1. iniquity

    2. guilt of iniquity, guilt (as great), guilt (of condition)

    3. consequence of or punishment for iniquity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָוֺן ʻâvôn, aw-vone'; or עָווֹן ʻâvôwn; (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 [7]), from H5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil:—fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
STRONGS H5771: Abbreviations
עָוֺן noun masculineIsaiah 22:14 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity; — ע׳ absolute Exodus 21:43 [Exodus 28:43] +; עָווֺן 2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:7 [Psalm 51:5]; construct עֲוֺן Genesis 15:16 +; עֲווֺן 1 Chronicles 21:8; suffix עֲוֺנִי Genesis 4:13 + (2 Samuel 16:12 read בְּעָנְיִי), עֲוֺנְךָ Hosea 9:7 +; עֲוֺנֵ֑כִי Psalm 103:3; עֲוֺ֔נָהֿ Numbers 15:31 (Ges§ 91e), etc.; plural עֲוֺנוֺת absolute Psalm 130:3 +, construct Job 13:26 +; עַוֺנֹת absolute Psalm 65:4 [Psalm 65:3], construct Leviticus 16:21 +; suffix עֲוֺנֹתֶיךָ Isaiah 43:24, עֲוֺנֹתֵיכֶם Numbers 14:34 +, etc.; also עֲוֺנֶיךָ Ezekiel 28:18; עֲוֺנֵינוּ Isaiah 64:6 +, etc. (SS doubt all these); —
a. נְעוּרַי ע׳ Job 13:26 iniquities of my youth; חֶרֶב ע׳ Job 19:29 iniquities calling for the sword; מְּלִילִי(םׅ ע׳ Job 31:11,28 iniquity for (to be punished by) judges; שְׁתֵּי עֲוֺנֹתָם Hosea 10:10 (so read Vrss Hi and others); כשׁל בע׳ stumble by iniquity Hosea 5:5; Hosea 14:2; compare מִכְשׁוֺל ע׳ Ezekiel 7:19; Ezekiel 14:3,4,7; Ezekiel 18:30; Ezekiel 44:12; לכלעֿון Deuteronomy 19:15; אשׁתמרה מע׳ 2 Samuel 22:24 = Psalm 18:24. עָוֺן אֲשֶׁרחֵֿטְא Hosea 12:9 [Hosea 12:8].
b. iniquity as recognized, ידע ע׳ 1 Samuel 3:13; Isaiah 59:12; Jeremiah 3:13; Jeremiah 14:20; confessed, התודה ע׳ Leviticus 16:21; Leviticus 26:40 (twice in verse) (P), Nehemiah 9:2; הגיד ע׳ Psalm 38:19; לא כסה ע׳ Psalm 32:5; brought to remembrance, הזכיר ע׳ Numbers 5:15 (P) 1 Kings 17:18; Ezekiel 21:28; Ezekiel 21:29; Ezekiel 29:16; causing shame, יִכָּֽלְמוּ מע׳ Ezekiel 43:10; turned from, שׁוּב מע׳ Daniel 9:13, compare השׁיב מע׳ Malachi 2:6.
c.
(1) phrases of punishment: על פקד ע׳ Exodus 20:5 = Deuteronomy 5:9; Exodus 34:7; Numbers 14:18 (J), Leviticus 18:25 (H) 2 Samuel 3:8; Isaiah 13:11; Isaiah 26:21; Jeremiah 25:12; Jeremiah 36:31; Amos 3:2; without על, Lamentations 4:22, ב פקד ע׳ Psalm 89:33; Job 11:6 see [II. נשׁא]; יסּר על ע׳ Psalm 39:12 chastise for iniquity; לנגדךָ שַׁתָּ֯ ע׳ Psalm 90:8 set our iniquities before thee; גמל כע׳ Psalm 103:10; שׁמר ע׳ Psalm 130:3; שׁלּם ע׳ Isaiah 65:7 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 16:18; Jeremiah 32:18; מַטְבֵּחַ בע׳ Isaiah 14:21;
(2) of forgiveness or removal: העביר ע 2 Samuel 24:10 = 1 Chronicles 21:8; Job 7:21; Zechariah 3:4; משׁתי ע׳ Zechariah 3:9 סלח לע׳ Exodus 34:9; Numbers 14:19 (J), Psalm 25:11; Psalm 103:3; Jeremiah 31:34; Jeremiah 33:8; Jeremiah 36:3; נשׂא ע׳ Exodus 34:7; Numbers 14:18 (J), Psalm 32:5; Psalm 85:3; Isaiah 33:24; Hosea 14:3; Micah 7:18; סר ע׳ Isaiah 6:7; יכבושׁ ע׳ Micah 7:19;
(3) of covering over, כסה על ע׳ Nehemiah 3:37; כמּר ע׳ Psalm 78:38; Proverbs 16:6; Isaiah 22:14; Isaiah 27:9; Daniel 9:24; כמּר על ע׳ Jeremiah 18:23; יתכמּר ע׳ 1 Samuel 3:14;
(4) of cleansing from: כבּס מע׳ Psalm 51:4; מחה ע׳ Psalm 51:11; טהר מע׳ Jeremiah 33:8; Ezekiel 36:33;
(5) of imputing, reckoning to one: ל חשׁב ע׳ 2 Samuel 19:20; Psalm 32:2; (לׅ זכר ע׳ Psalm 79:8; Isaiah 64:8; Jeremiah 14:10; Hosea 8:13; Hosea 9:9; יִזָּכֵר ע׳ Psalm 109:14; בקשׁ (ל)ע׳ Job 10:6; Jeremiah 50:20;
(6) פדה מע׳ Psalm 130:8 ransom from iniquity.
2. Guilt of iniquity (not always easy to distinguished from 1; SS give more, Buhl fewer, sub 2); — || תועבות Ezekiel 36:31; || דם Isaiah 59:3; || חמס Ezekiel 9:9; פעור ע׳ Joshua 22:17 (P); סדם ע׳ Ezekiel 16:49; בצעוֺ ע׳ Isaiah 57:17; שְׁנֵי עונם Ezekiel 4:4; נִכְתָּם עֲוֺנֵךְ לְפָנַי Jeremiah 2:22 the guilt of thine iniquity is marked before me; מצא ע׳ Genesis 44:16 (E) Psalm 36:3.
a. בְ ע׳ : guilt of iniquity upon one Numbers 15:31 (P) 1 Samuel 20:8; 2 Samuel 14:32; לִי לא ע׳ Job 33:9 (|| זַךְ); בליעֿון Psalm 59:5 without my guilt.
b. guilt, as great, increased: רֹב עָוֺן Jeremiah 13:22; Jeremiah 30:14,15; Ezekiel 28:18; Hosea 9:7; לֹאשָֿׁלֵם ע׳ Genesis 15:16 (J); עָֽבְרוּ ראֹשִׁי ע׳ Psalm 38:5; עֲקֵבַי יְסוּבֵּנִי ע׳ Psalm 49:6; הִשִּׂיגוּנִי ע׳ Psalm 40:13; גברו מני ע׳ Psalm 65:4; עַם כֶּבֶד ע׳ Isaiah 1:4; נלקח בע׳ Ezekiel 33:6.
c. as a condition, בע׳ : with חוללתי was I brought forth Psalm 51:7; with גָּוַע expire Joshua 22:20 (P); with מות die Jeremiah 31:30; Ezekiel 3:18,19; Ezekiel 18:17,18; Ezekiel 33:8,9.
3. Consequence of, or punishment for, iniquity (SS include most of these under 2, and do not recognize 3; Buhl thinks this meaning rare, giving only Genesis 4:13; Isaiah 5:18); — אִם יִקְּ֯רֵךְ ע׳ בדבר הזה 1 Samuel 28:10 no punishment shall happen unto thee for, etc.; נשׂא ע׳ bear the punishment for iniquity of others Exodus 28:38; Leviticus 10:17 (take away ע׳ Di Nowii. 233 n.) Leviticus 16:22; Numbers 30:16 (P), Ezekiel 4:4,5,6; בע׳ Ezekiel 18:19,20 (twice in verse); one's own, Exodus 28:43; Leviticus 5:1,17; Leviticus 7:18; Leviticus 17:16; Leviticus 19:8; Leviticus 20:17,19; Leviticus 22:16; Numbers 5:31; Numbers 14:34; Numbers 18:1 (twice in verse); Numbers 18:23 (P), Ezekiel 14:10; Ezekiel 44:10,12; מנשׂוא גדול ע׳ Genesis 4:13 (J) my punishment is greater than I can bear; נִרְצָה עֲוֺנָהּ Isaiah 40:2 her punishment is accepted, compare רצה ע׳ Leviticus 26:41,43 (H); ומצאנוּ ע׳ 2 Kings 7:9 punishment will overtake us; על ע׳ תנה ע׳ Psalm 69:28 add punishment to their punishment; הוא יסבל ע׳ Isaiah 53:11 the consequences of their iniquities he shall bear, compare סָבָ֑לְנוּ ע׳ Lamentations 5:7; הפגיע בו ע׳ Isaiah 53:6; נִקָּה מע׳ freed from punishment Numbers 5:31 (P) Job 10:14; בי אני העון 1 Samuel 25:24 on me the punishment; עלי הע׳ 2 Samuel 14:9; בע׳ with various verbs: Genesis 19:15 (J) Leviticus 26:39 (twice in verse) (H) Psalm 31:11; Psalm 106:43; Jeremiah 51:6; Ezekiel 4:17; Ezekiel 7:16; Ezekiel 24:23; Ezekiel 39:23; קץ עת ע׳ Ezekiel 21:30; Ezekiel 21:34; Ezekiel 35:5; see also: Proverbs 5:22 (|| חַבְלֵי חטאת), Isaiah 30:13; Isaiah 64:5; Isaiah 64:6; Lamentations 4:22; Ezekiel 4:4; Ezekiel 14:10 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 32:27.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5758.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

4:13; 4:13; 4:13; 15:16; 15:16; 19:15; 44:16

Exodus

20:5; 28:38; 28:43; 28:43; 34:7; 34:7; 34:9

Leviticus

5:1; 5:17; 7:18; 10:17; 16:21; 16:21; 16:22; 17:16; 18:25; 19:8; 20:17; 20:19; 22:16; 26:39; 26:40; 26:41; 26:43

Numbers

5:15; 5:31; 5:31; 14:18; 14:18; 14:19; 14:34; 14:34; 15:31; 15:31; 18:1; 18:23; 30:16

Deuteronomy

5:9; 19:15

Joshua

22:17; 22:20

1 Samuel

3:13; 3:14; 20:1; 20:8; 25:24; 28:10

2 Samuel

3:8; 14:9; 14:32; 16:12; 19:20; 22:24; 24:10

1 Kings

17:18

2 Kings

7:9; 7:9

1 Chronicles

21:8; 21:8

Ezra

9:6; 9:7; 9:13

Nehemiah

9:2

Job

7:21; 10:6; 10:14; 11:6; 13:23; 13:26; 13:26; 14:17; 15:5; 19:29; 20:27; 22:5; 31:11; 31:28; 31:33; 33:9

Psalms

18:24; 25:11; 31:11; 32:2; 32:5; 32:5; 36:3; 38:5; 38:19; 39:12; 40:13; 49:6; 51:4; 51:5; 51:7; 51:11; 59:5; 65:3; 65:4; 69:28; 78:38; 79:8; 85:3; 89:33; 90:8; 103:3; 103:3; 103:10; 106:43; 107:17; 109:14; 130:3; 130:3; 130:8

Proverbs

5:22; 16:6

Isaiah

1:4; 5:18; 5:18; 6:7; 13:11; 14:21; 22:14; 22:14; 26:21; 27:9; 30:13; 33:24; 40:2; 43:24; 43:24; 50:1; 53:5; 53:6; 53:11; 57:17; 59:2; 59:3; 59:12; 64:5; 64:6; 64:6; 64:8; 65:7

Jeremiah

2:22; 3:13; 5:25; 11:10; 13:22; 14:7; 14:10; 14:20; 16:10; 16:17; 16:18; 18:23; 25:12; 30:14; 30:15; 31:30; 31:34; 32:18; 33:8; 33:8; 36:3; 36:31; 50:20; 51:6

Lamentations

2:14; 4:6; 4:13; 4:22; 4:22; 5:7

Ezekiel

3:18; 3:19; 4:4; 4:4; 4:4; 4:5; 4:6; 4:17; 7:13; 7:16; 7:19; 9:9; 14:3; 14:4; 14:7; 14:10; 14:10; 16:49; 18:17; 18:18; 18:19; 18:20; 18:30; 21:28; 21:29; 21:30; 24:23; 28:18; 28:18; 29:16; 32:27; 33:6; 33:8; 33:9; 35:5; 36:31; 36:33; 39:23; 43:10; 44:10; 44:12; 44:12

Daniel

9:13; 9:16; 9:24

Hosea

4:8; 5:5; 7:1; 8:13; 9:7; 9:7; 9:9; 10:10; 12:8; 13:12; 14:2; 14:3

Amos

3:2

Micah

7:18; 7:19

Zechariah

3:4; 3:9

Malachi

2:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5771 matches the Hebrew עָוֹן (ʿāôn),
which occurs 232 times in 215 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 5 (2Sa 22:24–Psa 106:43)

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:24 - I was blameless before him,
and I kept myself from guilt.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:10 - But David’s heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O LORD, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:18 - And she said to Elijah, “What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:9 - Then they said to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come; let us go and tell the king’s household.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:8 - And David said to God, “I have sinned greatly in that I have done this thing. But now, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:6 - saying: “O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:7 - From the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt. And for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plundering, and to utter shame, as it is today.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13 - And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, seeing that you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a remnant as this,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:5 - Do not cover their guilt, and let not their sin be blotted out from your sight, for they have provoked you to anger in the presence of the builders.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:2 - And the Israelites[fn] separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:21 - Why do you not pardon my transgression
and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in the earth;
you will seek me, but I shall not be.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:6 - that you seek out my iniquity
and search for my sin,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:14 - If I sin, you watch me
and do not acquit me of my iniquity.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:6 - and that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom!
For he is manifold in understanding.[fn]
Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:23 - How many are my iniquities and my sins?
Make me know my transgression and my sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:26 - For you write bitter things against me
and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:17 - my transgression would be sealed up in a bag,
and you would cover over my iniquity.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:5 - For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:29 - be afraid of the sword,
for wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
that you may know there is a judgment.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:27 - The heavens will reveal his iniquity,
and the earth will rise up against him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:5 - Is not your evil abundant?
There is no end to your iniquities.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:11 - For that would be a heinous crime;
that would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:28 - this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
for I would have been false to God above.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:33 - if I have concealed my transgressions as others do[fn]
by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:9 - You say, ‘I am pure, without transgression;
I am clean, and there is no iniquity in me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:23 - I was blameless before him,
and I kept myself from my guilt.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:11 - For your name’s sake, O LORD,
pardon my guilt, for it is great.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:10 - For my life is spent with sorrow,
and my years with sighing;
my strength fails because of my iniquity,
and my bones waste away.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:2 - Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:5 - I acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,”
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:2 - For he flatters himself in his own eyes
that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:4 - For my iniquities have gone over my head;
like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:18 - I confess my iniquity;
I am sorry for my sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:11 - When you discipline a man
with rebukes for sin,
you consume like a moth what is dear to him;
surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:12 - For evils have encompassed me
beyond number;
my iniquities have overtaken me,
and I cannot see;
they are more than the hairs of my head;
my heart fails me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:5 - Why should I fear in times of trouble,
when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:2 - Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:5 - Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:9 - Hide your face from my sins,
and blot out all my iniquities.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:4 - for no fault of mine, they run and make ready.
Awake, come to meet me, and see!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:3 - When iniquities prevail against me,
you atone for our transgressions.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:27 - Add to them punishment upon punishment;
may they have no acquittal from you.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:38 - Yet he, being compassionate,
atoned for their iniquity
and did not destroy them;
he restrained his anger often
and did not stir up all his wrath.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:8 - Do not remember against us our former iniquities;[fn]
let your compassion come speedily to meet us,
for we are brought very low.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:2 - You forgave the iniquity of your people;
you covered all their sin. Selah
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:32 - then I will punish their transgression with the rod
and their iniquity with stripes,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:8 - You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins in the light of your presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:3 - who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:10 - He does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:43 - Many times he delivered them,
but they were rebellious in their purposes
and were brought low through their iniquity.

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