Hebrew word study

אָוֶןʼâven — strictly nothingness

Pronounced “aw-ven'”

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

Translated in the King James as: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare H369 (אַיִן).

Appears 78 times in Scripture

Origin: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught);

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Where it appears

Numbers — 1×

Numbers 23:21

Deuteronomy — 1×

Deuteronomy 26:14

1 Samuel — 1×

1 Sam 15:23

Job — 13×

Job 4:8 Job 5:6 Job 11:11 Job 11:14 Job 15:35 Job 21:19 Job 22:15 Job 31:3 Job 34:8 Job 34:22 Job 34:36 Job 36:10 Job 36:21

Psalms — 29×

Psalms 5:5 Psalms 6:8 Psalms 7:14 Psalms 10:7 Psalms 14:4 Psalms 28:3 Psalms 36:3 Psalms 36:4 Psalms 36:12 Psalms 41:6 Psalms 53:4 Psalms 55:3 Psalms 55:10 Psalms 56:7 Psalms 59:2 Psalms 59:5 Psalms 64:2 Psalms 66:18 Psalms 90:10 Psalms 92:7 Psalms 92:9 Psalms 94:4 Psalms 94:16 Psalms 94:23 Psalms 101:8+ 4 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 9×

Proverbs 6:12 Proverbs 6:18 Proverbs 10:29 Proverbs 12:21 Proverbs 17:4 Proverbs 19:28 Proverbs 21:15 Proverbs 22:8 Proverbs 30:20

Isaiah — 12×

Isaiah 1:13 Isaiah 10:1 Isaiah 29:20 Isaiah 31:2 Isaiah 32:6 Isaiah 41:29 Isaiah 55:7 Isaiah 58:9 Isaiah 59:4 Isaiah 59:6 Isaiah 59:7 Isaiah 66:3

Jeremiah — 2×

Jeremiah 4:14 Jeremiah 4:15

Ezekiel — 1×

Ezekiel 11:2

Hosea — 4×

Hosea 6:8 Hosea 9:4 Hosea 10:8 Hosea 12:11

Amos — 1×

Amos 5:5

Micah — 1×

Micah 2:1

Habakkuk — 2×

Habakkuk 1:3 Habakkuk 3:7

Zechariah — 1×

Zech 10:2

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