Strong's Lexicon

H34

H34 — אֶביוֹן

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

HebrewebyownadjectiveOccurrences: 61TWOT: 3a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H34
Word:אֶביוֹן
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from H14, in the sense of want (especially in feeling)
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:61
Transliteration:ebyown
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:eb-yone'
Meaning:1. destitute
KJV Renderings:beggar, needy, poor (man).

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אֶבְיוֺן adjective in want, needy, poor, — so, always absolute, Deut 15:4 + 40 t; אֶבְיֹנְךָ Exod 23:6; Deut 15:11 אֶבְיוֺנִים Amos 4:1 + 14 t.; (אֶבְיֹנֵי) אֶבְיוֺנֵי Exod 23:11; Isa 29:19 אֶבְיוֺנֶיהָ Ps 132:15—; (Hexateuch only J E D ; mostly poetry, 23 t. Psalms) needy, chiefly poor (in material things); as adjective Deut 15:7 (twice in verse); Deut 15:9; Deut 24:14; Ps 109:16 (both || עָנִי); elsewhere substantive; Ps 49:3 (|| עָשִׁיר); Deut 15:4; Deut 15:11 subject to oppression & abuse Amos 2:6; Amos 5:12 (both || צַדִּיק) Amos 4:1; Amos 8:6 (all || דַּל) Isa 32:7; Amos 8:4; Ezek 16:49; Ezek 18:12; Ezek 22:29; Ps 37:14; Job 24:4; Job 24:14; Prov 30:14 — compare Ps 109:16 above — (all || עָנִי ) Jer 5:28 (|| יָתוֺם) Jer 2:34 cared for by good Job 29:16; Job 30:25 (|| קְשֵׁהיֿוֺם) Job 31:19; Ps 112:9; Esth 9:22; Prov 14:31 (|| דַּל) Prov 31:20; Jer 22:16 (|| עָנִי); care of them enjoined, negatively Exod 23:6 — compare Deut 24:14 above — positively Exod 23:11; Deut 15:11; Prov 31:9 (both || עָנִי) — compare Deut 15:7 (twice in verse); Deut 15:9 above — Ps 82:4 (|| דַּל); cared for by God Jer 20:13; Ps 107:41; Ps 132:15; Job 5:15; 1Sam 2:8 = Ps 113:7; Isa 14:30 (all || דַּל) Ps 35:10; Ps 140:13 (both || עָנִי), compare Davidic king Ps 72:12 (|| עָנִי) = Ps 72:4 ׳ בְּנֵי אֶבְ (|| id.), Ps 72:13 (twice in verse); (|| דַּל); needing help, deliverance from trouble, especially as delivered by God Ps 9:19; Ps 12:6; Ps 40:18 = Ps 70:6; Ps 74:21; Ps 86:1; Ps 109:22; Isa 29:19; Isa 41:17 (all || עָנִי ) Isa 25:4 (|| דַּל) Ps 69:34; Ps 109:31.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אביון (ev-yohn’)

Esther 9:22

KJV: As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
EHCC: portions one to another, and gifts to the

Job 5:15

KJV: But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
EHCC: he saveth the poor from the sword,

Job 24:4

KJV: They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
EHCC: They turn the out of the way:

Job 29:16

KJV: I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
EHCC: 1 (was) a father tu the poor:

Job 30:25

KJV: Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?in trouble: Heb. hard of day?
EHCC: was (not) my soul grieved for the poor?

Job 31:19

KJV: If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
EHCC: 0r any poor without covering ; Gi. no

Psalms 9:18

KJV: For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
EHCC: (19). the needy shall not alway be

Psalms 12:5

KJV: For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.puffeth…: or, would ensnare him
EHCC: (6). for the sighing of the needy.

Psalms 85:10

KJV: Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
EHCC: the poor andthe needy from him that spoi.

Psalms 37:14

KJV: The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.such…: Heb. the upright of way
EHCC: to cast down the poor and needy,

Psalms 40:17

KJV: But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
EHCC: (18). But I (am) poor and needy ;

Psalms 49:2

KJV: Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
EHCC: (3).low and high, rich and poor, together.

Psalms 69:33

KJV: For the Lord heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
EHCC: (34). the Lord fleareth the poor,

Psalms 70:5

KJV: But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying.
EHCC: (6). But I (am) poor and nerdy:

Psalms 72:4

KJV: He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
EHCC: he shall save the children of the needy,

Psalms 74:21

KJV: O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
EHCC: let the poor and ncedy praisethy name.

Psalms 82:4

KJV: Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
EHCC: Deliver the poor and needy:

Psalms 86:1

KJV: A Prayer of David.Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy.A Prayer…: or, A Prayer, being a Psalm of David
EHCC: forl (am) poor and neal

Psalms 107:41

KJV: Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.from: or, after
EHCC: setteth he the poor on big from affliction,

Psalms 112:0

EHCC: hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor;

Psalms 113:7

KJV: He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
EHCC: (and ) lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

Psalms 132:15

KJV: I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.abundantly: or, surely
EHCC: 1 will satisty Aer poor with bread.

Psalms 140:12

KJV: I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
EHCC: (13). will maintain,..the right of the poor.

Proverbs 14:31

KJV: He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
EHCC: honoureth him hath mercy on the oor.

Proverbs 30:14

KJV: There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
EHCC: and the zeedy from (among) men.

Proverbs 31:9

KJV: Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
EHCC: plead the cause of the rand needy.

Isaiah 14:30

KJV: And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
EHCC: and the needy shall lie down in safety:

Isaiah 25:4

KJV: For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
EHCC: a strength fo the needy in his distress,

Isaiah 29:19

KJV: The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.increase: Heb. add
EHCC: and the poor umong men shall rejoice in

Isaiah 32:7

KJV: The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.the needy…: or, he speaketh against the poor in judgment
EHCC: even when the needy speaketh right.

Jeremiah 2:34

KJV: Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.secret…: Heb. digging
EHCC: the blood of the souls of the poor

Jeremiah 5:28

KJV: They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
EHCC: the right of the needy do they not judge.

Jeremiah 20:13

KJV: Sing unto the Lord, praise ye the Lord: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
EHCC: he hath delivered the soul of the poor

Jeremiah 22:16

KJV: He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.
EHCC: He, udged the cause of the poor and needy;

Ezekiel 16:49

KJV: Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
EHCC: neither did she strengthen the hand of

Ezekiel 18:12

KJV: Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
EHCC: Hath oppressed the poor and needy,

Ezekiel 22:99

EHCC: and have vexed the poor and needy:

Amos 2:6

KJV: Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
EHCC: and the poor for a pair of shoes;

Amos 4:1

KJV: Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
EHCC: oppress the poor, which crush the needy,

Amos 5:12

KJV: For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.a bribe: or, a ransom
EHCC: and they turn aside the poor inthe gate

Amos 8:4

KJV: Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
EHCC: 0 ye that swallow up the needy,
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