Strong's Hebrew · H202

H202 ʼôwn

אוֹן

one

strength

Looking for Greek G202 akroatḗs? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H202. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

ʼôwn appears 13 times in Scripture, including Genesis 49:3 and Deuteronomy 21:17. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

ability, power, (figuratively) wealth

In the King James Version

force, goods, might, strength, substance.

Derivation

probably from the same as H205 (אָוֶן) (in the sense of effort, but successful);

Appears 13 times in Scripture

Psalms 78:51

“He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.”

Job 20:10

“His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.”

Genesis 49:3

“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.”

Deuteronomy 21:17

“Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.”

Job 18:12

“His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.”

Hosea 12:8

“And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.””

Psalms 105:36

“Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.”

Job 40:16

“See the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly.”

Proverbs 11:7

“When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.”

Job 18:7

“His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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