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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 - He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen wrong in Israel; Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is in his midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:14 - I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I brought away thereof in uncleanness, nor given thereof for a dead person; I have hearkened to the voice of Jehovah my God; I have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:23 - For rebellion is as the sin of divination, And selfwill is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, He hath also rejected thee from being king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:8 - Even as I have seen, they that plough iniquity and sow mischief, reap the same.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - For evil cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11 - For he knoweth vain men, and seeth wickedness when man doth not consider it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14 - If thou put far away the iniquity which is in thy hand, and let not wrong dwell in thy tents;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:19 - God layeth up the punishment of his iniquity for his children; he rewardeth him, and he shall know it:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:15 - Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:3 - Is not calamity for the unrighteous? and misfortune for the workers of iniquity?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:8 - And goeth in company with workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22 - There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36 - Would that Job may be tried unto the end, because of his answers after the manner of evil men!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:10 - And he openeth their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21 - Take heed, turn not to iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:5 - Insolent fools shall not stand before thine eyes; thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:8 - Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for Jehovah hath heard the voice of my weeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:14 - Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - His mouth is full of cursing, and deceit, and oppression; under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:4 - Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, eating up my people as they eat bread? They call not upon Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:3 - Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbours, and mischief is in their heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 - The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:4 - He deviseth wickedness up on his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good: he abhorreth not evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:12 - There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and are not able to rise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:6 - And if one come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth wickedness to itself: he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:4 - Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, eating up my people as they eat bread? they call not upon God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 - Because of the voice of the enemy; because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 - Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; and iniquity and mischief are in the midst of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:7 - Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:2 - Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from men of blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - Yea, do thou, Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations: be not gracious to any plotters of iniquity. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:2 - Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:18 - Had I regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if, by reason of strength, they be fourscore years, yet their pride is labour and vanity, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7 - When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they may be destroyed for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:9 - For lo, thine enemies, O Jehovah, for lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:4 - How long shall they utter and speak insolence -- all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:16 - Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:23 - And he will bring upon them their iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil: Jehovah our God will cut them off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 101:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:8 - Every morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land: to cut off all workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:133

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:133 - Establish my steps in thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 125:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:5 - But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 - Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise deeds of wickedness with men that are workers of iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 - Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:12 - A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:18 - a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:29 - The way of Jehovah is strength to the perfect man, but destruction to the workers of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7 - When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish; and the hope of evil men perisheth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:21 - There shall no evil happen to a righteous man; but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

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