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HebrewH5771Noun (Masculine)

עָוֺן

a.van

186Occurrences
H5771Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

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

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

עָוֺן appears 186 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezk
34
Jeremiah
23
Isaiah
21
Leviticus
16
Job
15
Psalms
13
Hosea
8
Numbers
8

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 21:8BSB

Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

Ezk 28:18BSB

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Hosea 9:9BSB

They have deeply corrupted themselvesas in the days of Gibeah;He will remember their guilt;He will punish their sins.

Jeremiah 31:34BSB

No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother,saying, ‘Know the LORD,’because they will all know Me,from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD.For I will forgive their iniquitiesand will remember their sins no more.”

Leviticus 20:19BSB

You must not have sexual relations with the sister of your mother or your father, for it is exposing one’s own kin; both shall bear their iniquity.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.