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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 also [fn]blameless toward Him,

And I kept myself from my iniquity H5771.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:10 -

Then David’s heart struck him after he had counted the people. So David said to Yahweh, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Yahweh, please [fn]take away the iniquity H5771 of Your slave, for I have acted very foolishly.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:18 - So she said to Elijah, “What do I have to do with you, O man of God? [fn]You have come to me to bring my iniquity H5771 to remembrance and to put my son to death!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:9 -

Then they said to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, but we are keeping silent; if we wait until morning light, punishment H5771 will [fn]overtake us. So now, come, let us go and tell the king’s household.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:8 - Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing. But now, please take away the iniquity H5771 of Your slave, for I have acted very foolishly.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:6 - and I said, “O my God, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities H5771 have multiplied above our heads and our guilt has become great even to the heavens.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:7 - “Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt, and on account of our iniquities H5771 we, our kings and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to plunder and to [fn]open shame, as it is this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:13 - “After all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and our great guilt, since You our God have requited us less than our iniquities H5771 deserve, and have given us an escaped remnant as this,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:5 - Do not [fn]forgive their iniquity H5771 and let not their sin be blotted out before You, for they have [fn]vexed the builders.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:2 - The seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities H5771 of their fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:21 -

“Why then do You not forgive my transgression

And take away my iniquity H5771?

For now I will lie down in the dust;

And You will seek me earnestly, but I will not be.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:6 -

That You should seek for my guilt H5771

And search after my sin?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:14 -

If I sin, then You would take note of me

And would not acquit me of my guilt H5771.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:6 -

And tell you the secrets of wisdom!

For sound wisdom [fn]has two sides.

Know then that God [fn]forgets a part of your iniquity H5771.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:23 -

“How many are my iniquities H5771 and sins?

Make known to me my transgression and my sin.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:26 -

“For You write bitter things against me

And make me to possess the iniquities H5771 of my youth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:17 -

“My transgression is sealed up in a bag,

And You [fn]cover up my iniquity H5771.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:5 -

“For your iniquity H5771 teaches your mouth,

And you choose the tongue of the crafty.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:29 -

Then be afraid of the sword for yourselves,

For wrath brings the punishment H5771 of the sword,

So that you may know there is judgment.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:27 -

“The heavens will reveal his iniquity H5771,

And the earth will rise up against him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:5 -

“Is not your evil great,

And your iniquities H5771 without end?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:11 -

“For that would be lewdness;

Moreover, it would be an iniquity H5771 punishable by judges.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:28 -

That too would have been an iniquity H5771 calling for [fn]judgment,

For I would have denied God above.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:33 -

“If I have covered my transgressions like [fn]Adam,

By hiding my iniquity H5771 in my bosom,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:9 -

‘I am pure, without transgression;

I am innocent, and there is no guilt H5771 in me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:23 -

I was also [fn]blameless with Him,

And I kept myself from my iniquity H5771.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:11 -

Lamedh

For Your name’s sake, O Yahweh,

Pardon my iniquity H5771, for it is great.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:10 -

For my life is worn down with sorrow

And my years with sighing;

My strength fails because of my iniquity H5771,

And my bones waste away.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:2 -

How blessed is the man whose iniquity H5771 Yahweh will not take into account,

And in whose spirit there is no deceit!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:5 -

I acknowledged my sin to You,

And my iniquity H5771 I did not cover up;

I said, “I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh;”

And You forgave the [fn]iniquity H5771 of my sin. Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:2 -

For it flatters him in his eyes

For one to discover his iniquity H5771 and hate it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:4 -

For my iniquities H5771 go over my head;

As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:18 -

For I [fn]confess my iniquity H5771;

I am full of anxiety because of my sin.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:11 -

“With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity H5771;

You consume as a moth what is precious to him;

Surely every man is vanity. Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:12 -

For evils beyond number have surrounded me;

My iniquities H5771 have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;

They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,

And my heart has [fn]failed me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:5 -

Why should I fear in days of evil,

When the iniquity H5771 of my [fn]supplanters surrounds me,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:2 -

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity H5771

And cleanse me from my sin.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:5 -

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity H5771,

And in sin my mother conceived me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:9 -

Hide Your face from my sins

And blot out all my iniquities H5771.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:4 -

[fn]For no guilt H5771 of mine, they run and set themselves against me.

Arouse Yourself to meet me, and see!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:3 -

Words of iniquity H5771 prevail against me;

As for our transgressions, You atone for them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:27 -

Add iniquity H5771 to their iniquity H5771,

And may they not come into Your righteousness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:38 -

But He, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity H5771 and did not destroy them;

And He abounded in turning back His anger

And did not arouse all His wrath.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:8 -

Do not remember our former iniquities H5771 against us;

Let Your compassion quickly approach us,

For we are brought very low.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:2 -

You forgave the iniquity H5771 of Your people;

You covered all their sin. [fn]Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:32 -

Then I will punish their transgression with the rod

And their iniquity H5771 with striking.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:8 -

You have set our iniquities H5771 before You,

Our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:3 -

Who pardons all your iniquities H5771,

Who heals all your diseases;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:10 -

He has not dealt with us according to our sins,

And He has not rewarded us according to our iniquities H5771.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:43 -

Many times He would deliver them;

But they were rebellious in their counsel,

And so they sank down in their iniquity H5771.


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