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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 2 / 2 (Pro 17:4–Zec 10:2)

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and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:28 - A worthless witness mocks at justice,
and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:15 - When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous
but terror to evildoers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:8 - Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity,
and the rod of his fury will fail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:20 - This is the way of an adulteress:
she eats and wipes her mouth
and says, “I have done no wrong.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:13 - Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to me.
New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations—
I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 - Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees,
and the writers who keep writing oppression,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:20 - For the ruthless shall come to nothing
and the scoffer cease,
and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:2 - And yet he is wise and brings disaster;
he does not call back his words,
but will arise against the house of the evildoers
and against the helpers of those who work iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For the fool speaks folly,
and his heart is busy with iniquity,
to practice ungodliness,
to utter error concerning the LORD,
to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,
and to deprive the thirsty of drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:29 - Behold, they are all a delusion;
their works are nothing;
their metal images are empty wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:7 - let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:9 - Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer;
you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you take away the yoke from your midst,
the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:4 - No one enters suit justly;
no one goes to law honestly;
they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies,
they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:6 - Their webs will not serve as clothing;
men will not cover themselves with what they make.
Their works are works of iniquity,
and deeds of violence are in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:7 - Their feet run to evil,
and they are swift to shed innocent blood;
their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
desolation and destruction are in their highways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3 - “He who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a man;
he who sacrifices a lamb, like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
he who presents a grain offering, like one who offers pig’s blood;
he who makes a memorial offering of frankincense, like one who blesses an idol.
These have chosen their own ways,
and their soul delights in their abominations;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:14 - O Jerusalem, wash your heart from evil,
that you may be saved.
How long shall your wicked thoughts
lodge within you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:15 - For a voice declares from Dan
and proclaims trouble from Mount Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:2 - And he said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:8 - Gilead is a city of evildoers,
tracked with blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:4 - They shall not pour drink offerings of wine to the LORD,
and their sacrifices shall not please him.
It shall be like mourners’ bread to them;
all who eat of it shall be defiled;
for their bread shall be for their hunger only;
it shall not come to the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:8 - The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel,
shall be destroyed.
Thorn and thistle shall grow up
on their altars,
and they shall say to the mountains, “Cover us,”
and to the hills, “Fall on us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:11 - If there is iniquity in Gilead,
they shall surely come to nothing:
in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls;
their altars also are like stone heaps
on the furrows of the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:5 - but do not seek Bethel,
and do not enter into Gilgal
or cross over to Beersheba;
for Gilgal shall surely go into exile,
and Bethel shall come to nothing.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:1 - Woe to those who devise wickedness
and work evil on their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
because it is in the power of their hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:3 - Why do you make me see iniquity,
and why do you idly look at wrong?
Destruction and violence are before me;
strife and contention arise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:7 - I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction;
the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 - For the household gods utter nonsense,
and the diviners see lies;
they tell false dreams
and give empty consolation.
Therefore the people wander like sheep;
they are afflicted for lack of a shepherd.

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