אֶבְיוֹן
ʼebyôwn · eb-yone'
destitute
Lexicon
Derivation: from H14 (אָבָה), in the sense of want (especially in feeling);
destitute
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beggar, needy, poor (man).
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 › the house, what is within › the hand that works › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
Strength, the leader of the house, what is within of the hand that works that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶבְיוֹן 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
61 occurrences · 61 OT · 0 NT · 36 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and needy17 · 28%
- the needy5 · 8%
- of the needy4 · 7%
- and the needy4 · 7%
- of the poor4 · 7%
- to the poor3 · 5%
- the poor3 · 5%
- for the poor2 · 3%
- to the needy2 · 3%
- and the poor2 · 3%
- of thy poor1 · 2%
- still; that the poor1 · 2%
- when there shall be no poor1 · 2%
- if there be among you a poor man1 · 2%
- from thy poor1 · 2%
- against thy poor1 · 2%
- and to thy needy1 · 2%
- the beggar1 · 2%
- or any poor1 · 2%
- for the needy1 · 2%
- and poor1 · 2%
- yet setteth he the poor1 · 2%
- her poor1 · 2%
- on the poor1 · 2%
- even when the needy1 · 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.