Strong's Lexicon

H205

H205 — אָוֶן

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewavennoun mascOccurrences: 79TWOT: 48a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H205
Word:	אָוֶן
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught)
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	79
Transliteration:	aven
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	aw-ven'
Meaning:	1. (strictly) nothingness 2. (also) trouble, vanity, wickedness 3. (specifically) an idol
KJV Renderings:	affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain ,vanity, wicked(-ness).

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BDB223

אָ֫וֶן₈₅ noun masculine^{Job 5:6} trouble, sorrow, wickedness — absolute Num 23:21 +; suffix אוֺנִי Gen 35:18 etc.; plural אוֺנִים Hos 9:4 —

1. trouble, sorrow בֶּןאֿוֺנִי son of my trouble or sorrow Gen 35:18 ( E ); לֹא הִבִּיט אָוֶן בְּיַעֲקֹב Num 23:21 (song of Balaam), he doth not behold trouble in Jacob (|| he doth not see misery — עָמָל — in Isr); often || עָמָל Ps 7:15 ( הִנֵּה יְחַבֶּלאָֿוֶן 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) = Isa 59:4 compare עָמָל וָאָוֶן Ps 10:7; Ps 55:11; Ps 90:10; Job 4:8; Job 5:6; Isa 10:1 (see עָמָל ); also זוֺרֵעַ עַוְלָה יִקְצָראָֿוֶן Prov 22:8 the sower of iniquity shall reap trouble; in this sense elsewhere only Deut 26:14; Prov 12:21 ; Jer 4:15 ; Hab 3:7; Amos 5:5, plural intensive לֶחֶם אוֺנִים bread of trouble, sorrow, or mourning Hos 9:4.

2. idolatry Hos 12:12; Isa 41:29 אָוֶן וּתְרָפִים הַפְצַ֑ר stubbornness is idolatry & (the use of) teraphim 1Sam 15:23 (poetry source); אָוֶן בֵּית Hos 4:15 (for בֵּית אֵלbecause Bethel, house of God, is given over to idolatry) so also Hos 5:8; Hos 10:5 compare ׳ בָּמוֺת א Hos 10:8 ׳ בִּקְעַת א Amos 1:5 (Baalbek); ׳ בַּחוּרֵי א read אוֺן, אֹן = On, Heliopolis Ezek 30:17 — abstract for concrete = idols Isa 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 Prov 6:12; פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן workers of trouble, evil-doers, workers of iniquity Job 31:3; Job 34:8; Job 34:22; Ps 5:6 + (16 t. chiefly late Psalms) Prov 10:29; Prov 21:15; Isa 31:2; Hos 6:8 מַחְשְׁבוֺת אָוֶן thoughts of trouble, wicked imaginations Prov 6:18; Isa 59:7; Jer 4:14 often of words & thoughts Job 11:11 + (5 t.) Ps 36:5 + (9 t.) Prov 17:4; Prov 19:28; Prov 30:20; Isa 29:20; Isa 32:6; Isa 58:9; Isa 59:6; Ezek 11:2; Mic 2:1; Hab 1:3; Zech 10:2 לֹא אוּכַל אָוֶן וַעֲצָרָה Isa 1:13 I cannot bear iniquity with the solemn meeting ( RV & most modern; AV it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting).

BDB572

אֹן sorrow, see אָוֶן.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

און (ah’-ven)

Genesis 35:18

KJV: And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben–oni: but his father called him Benjamin.Ben–oni: that is, The son of my sorrowBenjamin: that is, The son of the right hand

EHCC: called his. name Ben-oni-

Numbers 23:21

KJV: He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

EHCC: not beheld iniquity in Jacob,

Deuteronomy 26:14

KJV: I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.

EHCC: -eaten thereof ta my mourning,

1 Samuel 15:23

KJV: For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.witchcraft: Heb. divination

EHCC: and stubbornness ts a8) iniquity and

Job 4:8

KJV: Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

EHCC: they that plow iniquity,

Job 5:6

KJV: Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;affliction: or, iniquity

EHCC: affiction cometh not forth of the dust,

Psalms 5:5

KJV: The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.in…: Heb. before thine eyes

EHCC: (6). thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

Proverbs 6:12

KJV: A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

EHCC: A naughty person, a wicked man,

Ezekiel 11:2

KJV: Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:

EHCC: these (are) the men that devise mischief,

Hosea 4:15

KJV: Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth–aven, nor swear, The Lord liveth.

EHCC: neither go ye up to Beth-aven (lit. house

Amos 1:5

KJV: I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the Lord.the plain…: or, Bikathaventhe house…: or, Beth–eden

EHCC: off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven,

Zechariah 10:2

KJV: For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.idols: Heb. teraphimswere…: or, answered that, etc

EHCC: For the idols bave spoken vanity,

Deuteronomy 21:17

KJV: But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.that…: Heb. that is found with him

EHCC: for he is) the beginni of his strength ;

Job 18:7

KJV: The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

EHCC: The steps of Ais stren th shall be

Job 20:10

KJV: His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.His children…: or, The poor shall oppress his children

EHCC: his hands shall restore their goods.

Job 40:16

KJV: Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.

EHCC: and his force (is) in the navel

Psalms 78:51

KJV: And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

EHCC: the chief of (their) strength

Psalms 105:36

KJV: He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

EHCC: the chief of ali thetr strength.

Isaiah 40:26

KJV: Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.

EHCC: by the greatness of (his) might,

Hosea 12:3

KJV: He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:had…: Heb. was a prince, or, behaved himself princely

EHCC: (4).and by his s.he had powcr with God: