Strong's Hebrew · H205
H205 ʼâven
אָוֶן
aw-ven'
evil
Looking for Greek G205 akrothínion? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H205. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
ʼâven appears 78 times in Scripture, including Numbers 23:21 and Deuteronomy 26:14. 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
strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
In the King James Version
affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare H369 (אַיִן).
Derivation
from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught);
Appears 78 times in Scripture
“If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.”
“They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.””
“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.”
“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.”
“I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.”
“Do not drag me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors while malice is in their hearts.”
“Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?”
“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.””
“If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.”
“It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.”
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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).
