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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Num 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:21 - He has not beheld misfortune in Jacob,
nor has he seen trouble in Israel.
The LORD their God is with them,
and the shout of a king is among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:14 - I have not eaten of the tithe while I was mourning, or removed any of it while I was unclean, or offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the voice of the LORD my God. I have done according to all that you have 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 presumption is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the LORD,
he has also rejected you from being king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:8 - As I have seen, those who plow iniquity
and sow trouble reap the same.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - For affliction does not come from the dust,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11 - For he knows worthless men;
when he sees iniquity, will he not consider it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14 - If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,
and let not injustice dwell in your tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - They conceive trouble and give birth to evil,
and their womb prepares deceit.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:19 - You say, ‘God stores up their iniquity for their children.’
Let him pay it out to them, that they may know it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:15 - Will you keep to the old way
that wicked men have trod?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:8 - who travels in company with evildoers
and walks with wicked men?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22 - There is no gloom or deep darkness
where evildoers may hide themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36 - Would that Job were tried to the end,
because he answers like wicked men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:10 - He opens their ears to instruction
and commands that they return from iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21 - Take care; do not turn to iniquity,
for this you have chosen rather than affliction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:5 - The boastful shall not stand before your eyes;
you hate all evildoers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:8 - Depart from me, all you workers of evil,
for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:14 - Behold, the wicked man conceives evil
and is pregnant with mischief
and gives birth to lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;
under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:4 - Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers
who eat up my people as they eat bread
and do not call upon the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:3 - Do not drag me off with the wicked,
with the workers of evil,
who speak peace with their neighbors
while evil is in their hearts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 - The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit;
he has ceased to act wisely and do good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:4 - He plots trouble while on his bed;
he sets himself in a way that is not good;
he does not reject evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:12 - There the evildoers lie fallen;
they are thrust down, unable to rise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:6 - And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words,
while his heart gathers iniquity;
when he goes out, he tells it abroad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:4 - Have those who work evil no knowledge,
who eat up my people as they eat bread,
and do not call upon God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 - because of the noise of the enemy,
because of the oppression of the wicked.
For they drop trouble upon me,
and in anger they bear a grudge against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 - Day and night they go around it
on its walls,
and iniquity and trouble are within it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:7 - For their crime will they escape?
In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:2 - deliver me from those who work evil,
and save me from bloodthirsty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - You, LORD God of hosts, are God of Israel.
Rouse yourself to punish all the nations;
spare none of those who treacherously plot evil. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:2 - Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
from the throng of evildoers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:18 - If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - The years of our life are seventy,
or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span[fn] is but toil and trouble;
they are soon gone, and we fly away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7 - that though the wicked sprout like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they are doomed to destruction forever;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:9 - For behold, your enemies, O LORD,
for behold, your enemies shall perish;
all evildoers shall be scattered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:4 - They pour out their arrogant words;
all the evildoers boast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:16 - Who rises up for me against the wicked?
Who stands up for me against evildoers?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:23 - He will bring back on them their iniquity
and wipe them out for their wickedness;
the LORD our God will wipe them out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 101:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:8 - Morning by morning I will destroy
all the wicked in the land,
cutting off all the evildoers
from the city of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:133

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:133 - Keep steady my steps according to your promise,
and let no iniquity get dominion over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 125:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:5 - But those who turn aside to their crooked ways
the LORD will lead away with evildoers!
Peace be upon Israel!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 - Do not let my heart incline to any evil,
to busy myself with wicked deeds
in company with men who work iniquity,
and let me not eat of their delicacies!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 - Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me
and from the snares of evildoers!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:12 - A worthless person, a wicked man,
goes about with crooked speech,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:18 - a heart that devises wicked plans,
feet that make haste to run to evil,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:29 - The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the blameless,
but destruction to evildoers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7 - When the wicked dies, his hope will perish,
and the expectation of wealth[fn] perishes too.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:21 - No ill befalls the righteous,
but the wicked are filled with trouble.

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