עָוֺן
ʻâvôn · aw-vone'
perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
Lexicon
Derivation: or עָווֹן; (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (H7 (אֲבַד))), from H5753 (עָוָה);
perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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 see and know › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To see and know that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָוֺן 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
233 occurrences · 233 OT · 0 NT · 140 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the iniquity27 · 21%
- their iniquity16 · 13%
- iniquity10 · 8%
- his iniquity8 · 6%
- in his iniquity7 · 6%
- for their iniquity7 · 6%
- for the iniquity5 · 4%
- mine iniquity5 · 4%
- of thine iniquity4 · 3%
- thine iniquity4 · 3%
- and the iniquities3 · 2%
- your iniquities3 · 2%
- iniquities3 · 2%
- of their iniquity3 · 2%
- our iniquities2 · 2%
- for iniquity2 · 2%
- for our iniquities2 · 2%
- myself from mine iniquity2 · 2%
- her iniquity2 · 2%
- from iniquity2 · 2%
- of the punishment of their iniquity2 · 2%
- not their iniquity2 · 2%
- and the iniquity2 · 2%
- in their iniquity2 · 2%
- not iniquity2 · 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.