H5771 עָוֺן (ʻâvôn) aw-vone'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

iniquity: crime

Strong's Definition

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

Derivation: or עָווֹן; (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (H7 (אֲבַד))), from H5753 (עָוָה);

KJV Usage: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.

TWOT Reference: 1577a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity

1a) iniquity

1b) guilt of iniquity, guilt (as great), guilt (of condition)

1c) consequence of or punishment for iniquity

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G52 G92 G93 G156 G264 G265 G266 G458 G459 G763 G819 G3892

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עָוֺן (a.van) — iniquity: crime. : crime 1) perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity 1a) iniquity 1b) guilt of iniquity, guilt (as great), guilt (of condition) 1c) consequence of or punishment for iniquity

עָוֺן (a.van) — iniquity: guilt. : guilt 1) perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity 1a) iniquity 1b) guilt of iniquity, guilt (as great), guilt (of condition) 1c) consequence of or punishment for iniquity

עָוֺן (a.van) — iniquity: punishment. : punishment 1) perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity 1a) iniquity 1b) guilt of iniquity, guilt (as great), guilt (of condition) 1c) consequence of or punishment for iniquity

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

עָוֹן (H5771)

noun m · עוה

Sin | Guilty | Chastise | ≈ אַשְׁמָה · חַטָּאָה · חַטָּאת · פֶּשַׁע

iniquity = a deed of deliberate wrongdoing resulting in a state of guilt which requires punishment

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¹ 2SA 16:12 MT-K בעוני | MT-Q בְּעֵינִי ² ZEC 5:6 MT עֵינָם "their eye" = עַיִן

Steve Berneking

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עָוֹן n.m. iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity base

Bible Occurrences (215)

4:13 15:16 19:15 44:16

20:5 28:38 28:43 34:7 34:9

5:1 5:17 7:18 10:17 16:21 16:22 17:16 18:25 19:8 20:17 20:19 22:16 26:39 26:40 26:41 26:43

5:15 5:31 14:18 14:19 14:34 15:31 18:1 18:23 30:15

5:9 19:15

22:17 22:20

3:13 3:14 18:9 20:1 20:8 25:24 28:10

3:8 14:9 14:32 16:12 19:19 22:24 24:10

17:18

7:9

21:8

9:6 9:7 9:13

4:5 9:2

7:21 10:6 10:14 11:6 13:23 13:26 14:17 15:5 19:29 20:27 22:5 31:11 31:28 31:33 33:9

18:23 25:11 31:10 32:2 32:5 36:2 38:4 38:18 39:11 40:12 49:5 51:2 51:5 51:9 59:4 65:3 69:27 78:38 79:8 85:2 89:32 90:8 103:3 103:10 106:43 107:17 109:14 130:3 130:8

5:22 16:6

1:4 5:18 6:7 13:11 14:21 22:14 26:21 27:9 30:13 33:24 40:2 43:24 50:1 53:5 53:6 53:11 57:17 59:2 59:3 59:12 64:6 64:7 64:9 65:7

2:22 3:13 5:25 11:10 13:22 14:7 14:10 14:20 16:10 16:17 16:18 18:23 25:12 30:14 30:15 31:30 31:34 32:18 33:8 36:3 36:31 50:20 51:6

2:14 4:6 4:13 4:22 5:7

3:18 3:19 4:4 4:5 4:6 4:17 7:13 7:16 7:19 9:9 14:3 14:4 14:7 14:10 16:49 18:17 18:18 18:19 18:20 18:30 21:23 21:24 21:25 21:29 24:23 28:18 29:16 32:27 33:6 33:8 33:9 35:5 36:31 36:33 39:23 43:10 44:10 44:12

9:13 9:16 9:24

4:8 5:5 7:1 8:13 9:7 9:9 12:8 13:12 14:1 14:2

3:2

7:18 7:19

3:4 3:9

2:6

Genesis 4:13

But Cain said to the LORD, My punishment [is] greater than I can bear.

Genesis 15:16

In the fourth generation [your descendants] will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet... complete.

Genesis 19:15

At daybreak... the angels hurried Lot along, saying, Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.

Genesis 44:16

What can we say to my lord? Judah replied. How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves— both we and the one who was found with the cup.

Exodus 20:5

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on [their] children to the third... and fourth [generations] of those who hate Me,

Exodus 28:38

And it will be [worn] on Aaron’s forehead, so that [he] may bear the iniquity of the holy things that the sons of Israel consecrate with regard to all their holy gifts. It shall always be on his forehead, so that they may be acceptable before the LORD.

Exodus 28:43

Aaron... and his sons must wear them... whenever they enter... the Tent of Meeting or approach... the altar to minister in the Holy [Place], so that they will not incur guilt and die. This is to be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants.

Exodus 34:7

maintaining loving devotion to a thousand [generations], forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave [the guilty] unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren... to the third... and fourth generations.