H205 - אָוֶן (ʼâven)

H205 אָוֶן (ʼâven) aw-ven'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

evil: wickedness

Strong's Definition

strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol

Derivation: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught);

KJV Usage: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare H369 (אַיִן).

TWOT Reference: 48a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) trouble, wickedness, sorrow

1a) trouble, sorrow

1b) idolatry

1c) trouble of iniquity, wickedness

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G94 G458 G459 G765 G824 G878 G1112 G2556 G2756 G2873 G3152 G3154 G3449 G3601 G3997 G4189 G4192 G5225

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) trouble, wickedness, sorrow 1a) trouble, sorrow 1b) idolatry 1c) trouble of iniquity, wickedness Also means: a.ven (אָ֫וֶן ": trouble" H0205H)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אָוֶן âven BDB Definition: 1) trouble, wickedness, sorrow 1a) trouble, sorrow 1b) idolatry 1c) trouble of iniquity, wickedness Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain) Same Word by TWOT Number: 48a Total KJV Occurrences: 79

Bible Occurrences (78)

23:21

26:14

15:23

4:8 5:6 11:11 11:14 15:35 21:19 22:15 31:3 34:8 34:22 34:36 36:10 36:21

5:5 6:8 7:14 10:7 14:4 28:3 36:3 36:4 36:12 41:6 53:4 55:3 55:10 56:7 59:2 59:5 64:2 66:18 90:10 92:7 92:9 94:4 94:16 94:23 101:8 119:133 125:5 141:4 141:9

6:12 6:18 10:29 12:21 17:4 19:28 21:15 22:8 30:20

1:13 10:1 29:20 31:2 32:6 41:29 55:7 58:9 59:4 59:6 59:7 66:3

4:14 4:15

11:2

6:8 9:4 10:8 12:11

5:5

2:1

1:3 3:7

10:2

Numbers 23:21

He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.

Deuteronomy 26:14

I have not eaten any of [the sacred portion]... while in mourning, or removed any of it while unclean,... or offered any of it for the dead. I have obeyed... the LORD my God; I have done everything You commanded me.

1 Samuel 15:23

For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.

Job 4:8

As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

Job 5:6

For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

Job 11:11

Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?

Job 11:14

if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,

Job 15:35

They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.