אָוֶן
ʼâven · aw-ven'
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught);
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
- strictly nothingness
- also, trouble. vanity, wickedness
- specifically, an idol
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare H369 (אַיִן).
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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)
strength, the leader › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
Strength, the leader that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָוֶן 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
77 occurrences · 77 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of iniquity21 · 35%
- iniquity12 · 20%
- vanity4 · 7%
- mischief2 · 3%
- thereof in my mourning1 · 2%
- is as iniquity1 · 2%
- although affliction1 · 2%
- wickedness1 · 2%
- if iniquity1 · 2%
- his iniquity1 · 2%
- which wicked1 · 2%
- for wicked1 · 2%
- from iniquity1 · 2%
- not iniquity1 · 2%
- with iniquity1 · 2%
- and vanity1 · 2%
- are iniquity1 · 2%
- thereof: mischief1 · 2%
- by iniquity1 · 2%
- to any wicked1 · 2%
- and sorrow1 · 2%
- upon them their own iniquity1 · 2%
- all wicked1 · 2%
- and let not any iniquity1 · 2%
- a wicked1 · 2%
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.