Hebrew · Strong’s H205
אָוֶן
ʼâven/aw-ven'/
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);
78
Times used
78
Old Testament
0
New Testament
Verses
- Numbers 23:21
- Deuteronomy 26:14
- 1 Samuel 15:23
- Job 4:8
- Job 5:6
- Job 11:11
- Job 11:14
- Job 15:35
- Job 21:19
- Job 22:15
- Job 34:8
- Job 34:22
- Job 34:36
- Job 36:21
- Psalms 6:8
- Psalms 7:14
- Psalms 14:4
- Psalms 28:3
- Psalms 36:3
- Psalms 36:4
- Psalms 36:12
- Psalms 41:6
- Psalms 53:4
- Psalms 55:3
- Psalms 55:10
- Psalms 56:7
- Psalms 59:2
- Psalms 59:5
- Psalms 66:18
- Psalms 90:10
- Psalms 92:7
- Psalms 92:9
- Psalms 94:4
- Psalms 94:23
- Psalms 101:8
- Psalms 119:133
- Psalms 125:5
- Psalms 141:4
- Proverbs 6:12
- Proverbs 6:18
- Proverbs 11:7
- Proverbs 12:21
- Proverbs 17:4
- Proverbs 22:8
- Jeremiah 4:14
- Jeremiah 4:15
- Ezekiel 11:2
- Hosea 6:8
- Hosea 9:4
- Hosea 12:11
- Micah 2:1
- Habakkuk 1:3
- Habakkuk 3:7
- Zechariah 10:2
Words derived from it
- H202אוֹן ʼôwnability, power, (figuratively) wealth
- H1007בֵּית אָוֶן Bêyth ʼÂvenBeth-Aven, a place in Palestine
- H206אָוֶן ʼÂvenAven, the contemptuous synonym of three places, one in Coele-Syria, one in Egypt (On), and one in Palestine (Bethel)
- H1126בֶּן־אוֹנִי Ben-ʼÔwnîyBen-Oni, the original name of Benjamin
- H8383תְּאֻן tᵉʼunnaughtiness, i.e. toil
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Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain. Verse list from the Strong’s-tagged King James Version.