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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:21 - He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, Nor hath He seen perverseness in Israel; Jehovah his God is with him, And a shout of a king is in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:14 - I have not eaten in mine affliction of it, nor have I put away of it for uncleanness, nor have I given of it for the dead; 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 a sin of divination is rebellion, and iniquity and teraphim is stubbornness; because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, He also doth reject thee from being king.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:8 - As I have seen -- ploughers of iniquity, And sowers of misery, reap it!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - For sorrow cometh not forth from the dust, Nor from the ground springeth up misery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:11 - For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider it!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14 - If iniquity is in thy hand, put it far off, And let not perverseness dwell in thy tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - To conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:19 - God layeth up for his sons his sorrow, He giveth recompense unto him -- and he knoweth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:15 - The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:3 - Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:8 - And he hath travelled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:22 - There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36 - My Father! let Job be tried -- unto victory, Because of answers for men of iniquity,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:10 - And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21 - Take heed -- do not turn unto iniquity, For on this thou hast fixed Rather than on affliction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:5 - The boastful station not themselves before Thine eyes: Thou hast hated all working iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:8 - Turn from me all ye workers of iniquity, For Jehovah heard the voice of my weeping,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:14 - Lo, he travaileth with iniquity, And he hath conceived perverseness, And hath brought forth falsehood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue is perverseness and iniquity,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:4 - Have all working iniquity not known? Those consuming my people have eaten bread, Jehovah they have not called.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:3 - Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 - The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:4 - Iniquity he deviseth on his bed, He stationeth himself on a way not good, Evil he doth not refuse.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:12 - There have workers of iniquity fallen, They have been overthrown, And have not been able to arise!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:6 - And if he came to see -- vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out -- at the street he speaketh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 53:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:4 - Have not workers of iniquity known, Those eating my people have eaten bread, God they have not called.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 - Because of the voice of an enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked, For they cause sorrow to move against me, And in anger they hate me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 - By day and by night they go round it, on its walls. Both iniquity and perverseness are in its midst,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 56:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:7 - By iniquity they escape, In anger the peoples put down, O God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - And Thou, Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel, Awake to inspect all the nations. Favour not any treacherous dealers of iniquity. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:2 - Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:18 - Iniquity, if I have seen in my heart, The Lord doth not hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - Days of our years, in them are seventy years, And if, by reason of might, eighty years, Yet is their enlargement labour and vanity, For it hath been cut off hastily, and we fly away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:7 - When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and 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, do perish, Separate themselves do all workers of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:4 - They utter -- they speak an old saw, All working iniquity do boast themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:16 - Who riseth up for me with evil doers? Who stationeth himself for me with workers of iniquity?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:23 - And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 101:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:8 - At morning I cut off all the wicked of the land, To cut off from the city of Jehovah All the workers of iniquity!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:133

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:133 - My steps establish by Thy saying, And any iniquity doth not rule over me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 125:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 125:5 - As to those turning to their crooked ways, Jehovah causeth them to go with workers of iniquity. Peace on Israel!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 - Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:9 - Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:12 - A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking with perverseness of mouth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:18 - A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil --

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:29

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:7 - In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:21 - No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.

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