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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 - There shall not be trouble in Jacob, neither shall sorrow be seen in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, the glories of rulers are in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:14 - And in my distress I did not eat of them, I have not gathered of them for an unclean [fn]purpose, I have not given of them to the dead; I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God, I have done as thou hast commanded me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:23 - For sin is as divination; idols bring on pain and grief. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord also shall reject thee from being king over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:8 - Accordingly as I have seen men ploughing barren places, and they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - For labour cannot by any means come out of the earth, nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11 - For he knows the works of transgressors; and when he sees wickedness, he will not overlook it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14 - if there is any iniquity in thy hands, put it far from thee, and let not unrighteousness lodge in thy habitation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - And he shall conceive sorrows, and his end shall be vanity, and his belly shall bear deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:19 - Let his substance fail to supply his children: God shall recompense him, and he shall know it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:15 - Wilt thou not mark the old way, which righteous men have trodden?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:3 - Alas! destruction to the unrighteous, and rejection to them that do iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:8 - saying, I have not sinned, nor committed ungodliness, nor had fellowship with workers of iniquity, to go with the ungodly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22 - Neither shall there be a place for the workers of iniquity to hide themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36 - Howbeit do thou learn, Job: no longer make answer as the foolish:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:10 - But he will hearken to the righteous: and he has said that they shall turn from unrighteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21 - But take heed lest thou do that which is wrong: for of this thou hast made choice because of poverty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:5 - (LXX 5:6) Neither shall the transgressors continue in thy sight: thou hatest, O Lord, all them that work iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:8 - (LXX 6:9) Depart from me, all ye that work iniquity; for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:14 - (LXX 7:15) Behold, he has travailed with unrighteousness, he has conceived trouble, and brought forth iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - (LXX 9:28) Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue are trouble and pain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:4 - (LXX 13:4) Will not all the workers of iniquity know, who eat up my people as they would eat bread? they have not called upon the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:3 - (LXX 27:3) Draw not away my soul with sinners, and destroy me not with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbours, but evils are in their hearts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 - (LXX 35:4) The words of his mouth are transgression and deceit: he is not inclined to understand how to do good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:4 - (LXX 35:5) He devises iniquity on his bed; he gives himself to every evil way; and does not abhor evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:12 - (LXX 35:13) There have all the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast out, and shall not be able to stand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:6 - (LXX 40:7) And if he came to see me, his heart spoke vainly; he gathered iniquity to himself; he went forth and spoke in like manner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:4 - (LXX 52:5) Will none of the workers of iniquity know, who devour my people as they would eat bread? they have not called upon God. There were they greatly afraid, where there was no fear:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 - (LXX 54:4) because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the sinner: for they brought iniquity against me, and were wrathfully angry with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 - (LXX 54:11) Day and night [fn]he shall go round about it upon its walls: iniquity and sorrow and unrighteousness are in the midst of it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:7 - (LXX 55:8) Thou wilt on no account save them; thou wilt bring down the people in wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:2 - (LXX 58:3) Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - (LXX 58:6) And thou, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, draw nigh to visit all the heathen; pity not any that work iniquity. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:2 - (LXX 63:3) Thou hast sheltered me from the conspiracy of them that do wickedly; from the multitude of them that work iniquity;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:18 - (LXX 65:18) If I have regarded iniquity in my heart, let not the Lord hearken to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - (LXX 89:10) As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years; and if men should be in strength, eighty years: and [fn]the greater part of them would be labour and trouble; for weakness overtakes us, and we shall be chastened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7 - (LXX 91:8) When the sinners spring up as the grass, and all the workers of iniquity [fn]have watched; it is that they may be utterly destroyed for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:9 - (LXX 91:10) [fn]For, behold, thine enemies shall perish; and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:4 - (LXX 93:4) They will utter and speak unrighteousness; all the workers of iniquity will speak so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:16 - (LXX 93:16) Who will rise up for me against the transgressors? or who will stand up with me against the workers of iniquity?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:23 - (LXX 93:23) And he will recompense to them their iniquity and their wickedness: the Lord our God shall utterly destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:8 - (LXX 100:8) Early did I slay all the sinners of the land, that I might destroy out of the city of the Lord all that work iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:133

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:133 - (LXX 118:133) Order my steps according to thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:5 - (LXX 124:5) But them that turn aside to crooked ways the Lord will lead away with the workers of iniquity: [fn]but peace shall be upon Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 - (LXX 140:4) Incline not my heart to evil things, to [fn]employ pretexts [fn]for sins, with men who work iniquity: and [fn]let me not unite with their choice ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 - (LXX 140:9) Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, and from the stumbling-blocks of them that work iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:12 - A foolish man and a transgressor goes in ways that are not good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:18 - and a heart devising evil thoughts, and feet hastening to do evil,—are hateful to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:29 - The fear of the Lord is a strong hold of the saints: but ruin comes to them that work wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7 - At the death of a just man his hope does not perish: but the boast of the ungodly perishes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:21 - No injustice will please a just man; but the ungodly will be filled with mischief.

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