הוֹן
hôwn · hone
wealth; by implication, enough
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H1951 (הוּן) in the sense of H202 (אוֹן);
wealth; by implication, enough
- wealth
- by implication, enough
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: enough, [phrase] for nought, riches, substance, wealth.
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
26 occurrences · 26 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- wealth5 · 19%
- riches4 · 15%
- all the substance2 · 8%
- his substance2 · 8%
- not, it is enough2 · 8%
- for nought1 · 4%
- all riches1 · 4%
- substance1 · 4%
- with thy substance1 · 4%
- but the substance1 · 4%
- and riches1 · 4%
- to be rich1 · 4%
- of all kind of riches1 · 4%
- of all riches1 · 4%
- thy riches1 · 4%
- of thy riches1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.