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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H205

אָוֶן

avenaw-ven'

evil: wickedness

77 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʼâven

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H205is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 14 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 25
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H205

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

The King James renders it: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare H369 (אַיִן).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

aven is rendered "evil: wickedness". It stands 77 times in the Hebrew text, across fourteen books.

  • Twenty-nine of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Numbers 23:21He 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.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-five different ways.

The first use

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.

Numbers 23:21אָ֙וֶן֙

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twenty-nine of the word's seventy-seven uses are in Psalms.

The other 25 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • wickedness35
  • of wickedness22
  • trouble4
  • and wickedness3
  • and trouble1
  • deception1
  • disaster1
  • evil1
  • from wickedness1
  • hardship1
  • in mourning my1
  • into trouble1

and 5 more, 77 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 77, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

25 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • אָ֑וֶן20
  • אָֽוֶן׃19
  • אָ֥וֶן6
  • אָ֣וֶן3
  • אָ֙וֶן֙3
  • אָ֖וֶן3
  • אָ֔וֶן3
  • אָ֝֗וֶן2
  • אָ֛וֶן2
  • אָ֭וֶן1
  • אָ֗וֶן1
  • אָ֤וֶן׀1

and 13 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular65HNcmsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular4HC/Ncmsa
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular2HR/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine plural1HNcmpa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp2fs
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcmsc/Sp3mp
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HR/Ncmsc/Sp1bs
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1HTd/Ncmsa

Numbers

one use
  • 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.

    Numbers 23:21

    • אָ֙וֶן֙ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: disaster

Deuteronomy

one use
  • 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.

    Deuteronomy 26:14

    • בְאֹנִ֜יveonipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in mourning my

1 Samuel

one use
  • 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.”

    1 Samuel 15:23

    • וְאָ֥וֶןveavenconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and wickedness

Job

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

    Job 4:8

    • אָ֑וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.

    Job 5:6

    • אָ֑וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: hardship
  • Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?

    Job 11:11

    • אָ֝֗וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,

    Job 11:14

    • אָ֣וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”

    Job 15:35

    • אָ֑וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.

    Job 21:19

    • אוֹנ֑וֹʾononoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: wickedness his
  • Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?

    Job 22:15

    • אָֽוֶן׃ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

    Job 31:3

    • אָֽוֶן׃ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: of wickedness
  • He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.

    Job 34:8

    • אָ֑וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: evil
  • There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.

    Job 34:22

    • אָֽוֶן׃ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: of wickedness
  • If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.

    Job 34:36

    • אָֽוֶן׃ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.

    Job 36:10

    • מֵאָֽוֶן׃meavenpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from wickedness
  • Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.

    Job 36:21

    • אָ֑וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness

Psalms

twenty-nine uses
  • The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.

    Psalms 5:5

    • אָֽוֶן׃ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: of wickedness
  • Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.

    Psalms 6:8

    • אָ֑וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: of wickedness
  • Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.

    Psalms 7:14

    • אָ֑וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.

    Psalms 10:7

    • וָאָֽוֶן׃vaavenconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and wickedness
  • Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.

    Psalms 14:4

    • אָ֥וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: of wickedness
  • 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.

    Psalms 28:3

    • אָ֥וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: of wickedness
  • The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.

    Psalms 36:3

    • אָ֣וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.

    Psalms 36:4

    • אָ֤וֶן׀ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.

    Psalms 36:12

    • אָ֑וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: of wickedness
  • My visitor speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.

    Psalms 41:6

    • אָ֥וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.

    Psalms 53:4

    • אָ֥וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: of wickedness
  • at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger.

    Psalms 55:3

    • אָ֝֗וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.

    Psalms 55:10

    • וְאָ֖וֶןveavenconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and wickedness
  • In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.

    Psalms 56:7

    • אָ֥וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed.

    Psalms 59:2

    • אָ֑וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: of wickedness
  • O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah

    Psalms 59:5

    • אָ֣וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,

    Psalms 64:2

    • אָֽוֶן׃ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: of wickedness
  • If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.

    Psalms 66:18

    • אָ֭וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

    Psalms 90:10

    • וָאָ֑וֶןvaavenconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and trouble
  • that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.

    Psalms 92:7

    • אָ֑וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: of wickedness
  • For surely Your enemies, O LORD, surely Your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.

    Psalms 92:9

    • אָֽוֶן׃ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: of wickedness
  • They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast.

    Psalms 94:4

    • אָֽוֶן׃ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: of wickedness
  • Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?

    Psalms 94:16

    • אָֽוֶן׃ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: of wickedness
  • He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.

    Psalms 94:23

    • אוֹנָ֗םʾonamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: wickedness their
  • Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.

    Psalms 101:8

    • אָֽוֶן׃ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: of wickedness
  • Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.

    Psalms 119:133

    • אָֽוֶן׃ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.

    Psalms 125:5

    • הָאָ֑וֶןhaaventhe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: of the wickedness
  • Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.

    Psalms 141:4

    • אָ֑וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: of wickedness
  • Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.

    Psalms 141:9

    • אָֽוֶן׃ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: of wickedness

Proverbs

nine uses
  • A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,

    Proverbs 6:12

    • אָ֑וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,

    Proverbs 6:18

    • אָ֑וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • The way of the LORD is a refuge to the upright, but destruction awaits those who do evil.

    Proverbs 10:29

    • אָֽוֶן׃ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: of wickedness
  • No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

    Proverbs 12:21

    • אָ֑וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: trouble
  • A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.

    Proverbs 17:4

    • אָ֑וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.

    Proverbs 19:28

    • אָֽוֶן׃ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.

    Proverbs 21:15

    • אָֽוֶן׃ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: of wickedness
  • He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

    Proverbs 22:8

    • אָ֑וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: trouble
  • This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

    Proverbs 30:20

    • אָֽוֶן׃ פʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness

Isaiah

twelve uses
  • Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me— your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations. I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.

    Isaiah 1:13

    • אָ֖וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,

    Isaiah 10:1

    • אָ֑וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down—

    Isaiah 29:20

    • אָֽוֶן׃ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: of wickedness
  • Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.

    Isaiah 31:2

    • אָֽוֶן׃ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: of wickedness
  • For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.

    Isaiah 32:6

    • אָ֑וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.

    Isaiah 41:29

    • אָ֥וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: deception
  • Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

    Isaiah 55:7

    • אָ֖וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,

    Isaiah 58:9

    • אָֽוֶן׃ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

    Isaiah 59:4

    • אָֽוֶן׃ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.

    Isaiah 59:6

    • אָ֔וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.

    Isaiah 59:7

    • אָ֔וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.

    Isaiah 66:3

    • אָ֑וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness

Jeremiah

two uses
  • Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

    Jeremiah 4:14

    • אוֹנֵֽךְ׃ʾonekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: wickedness your
  • For a voice resounds from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim.

    Jeremiah 4:15

    • אָ֖וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: trouble

Ezekiel

one use
  • And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.

    Ezekiel 11:2

    • אָ֛וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness

Hosea

three uses
  • Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.

    Hosea 6:8

    • אָ֑וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.

    Hosea 9:4

    • אוֹנִים֙ʾonimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: mournings
  • Is there iniquity in Gilead? They will surely come to nothing. Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Indeed, their altars will be heaps of stones in the furrows of the field.

    Hosea 12:11

    • אָ֙וֶן֙ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness

Amos

one use
  • Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.

    Amos 5:5

    • לְאָֽוֶן׃leavenpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into trouble

Micah

one use
  • Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

    Micah 2:1

    • אָ֛וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: of wickedness

Habakkuk

two uses
  • Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.

    Habakkuk 1:3

    • אָ֙וֶן֙ʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness
  • I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of Midian were trembling.

    Habakkuk 3:7

    • אָ֔וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: trouble

Zechariah

one use
  • For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.

    Zechariah 10:2

    • אָ֗וֶןʾavennoun · masculine singulartagged: wickedness

The letters

Gematria 57· 707 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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