אָוֶןʼâven
אָ֫וֶן: trouble, sorrow, wickedness
Pronunciation: aw-ven' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H205
Meanings
1. trouble, sorrow (Genesis 35:18; Numbers 23:21; Psalms 7:15)
2. idolatry (Hosea 12:12; Isaiah 41:29; 1 Samuel 15:23)
3. trouble of iniquity, wickedness (Job 22:15; Job 34:36; Proverbs 6:12)
אֹן: sorrow, see אָוֶן
Same root
- אוֹןʼôwn · H202ability, power, (figuratively) wealth
- אָוֶןʼÂven · H206Aven, the contemptuous synonym of three places, one in Coele-Syria, one in Egypt (On), and one in Palestine (Bethel)
- בֵּית אָוֶןBêyth ʼÂven · H1007Beth-Aven, a place in Palestine
- בֶּן־אוֹנִיBen-ʼÔwnîy · H1126Ben-Oni, the original name of Benjamin
- תְּאֻןtᵉʼun · H8383naughtiness, i.e. toil
Where it appears
Appears 77 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 23:21 No misfortune is in his plan for Jacob; no trouble is in store for Israel. For the Lord their God is with them; he has been proclaimed their king.
- Deuteronomy 26:14 I have not eaten any of it while in mourning; I have not handled it while I was ceremonially unclean; and I have not offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the Lord my God and have done everything you commanded me.
- 1 Samuel 15:23 Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft, and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols. So because you have rejected the command of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.”
- Job 4:8 My experience shows that those who plant trouble and cultivate evil will harvest the same.
- Job 5:6 But evil does not spring from the soil, and trouble does not sprout from the earth.
- Job 11:11 For he knows those who are false, and he takes note of all their sins.
See every passage
- Numbers 23:21
- Deuteronomy 26:14
- 1 Samuel 15:23
- Job 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
- Psalms 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
- Proverbs 6:12, 6:18, 10:29, 12:21, 17:4, 19:28, 21:15, 22:8, 30:20
- Isaiah 1:13, 10:1, 29:20, 31:2, 32:6, 41:29, 55:7, 58:9, 59:4, 59:6, 59:7, 66:3
- Jeremiah 4:14, 4:15
- Ezekiel 11:2
- Hosea 6:8, 9:4, 12:11
- Amos 5:5
- Micah 2:1
- Habakkuk 1:3, 3:7
- Zechariah 10:2
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).