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H205Hebrew

אָוֶן

Definition and meaning

aven (aw-ven') n-m. 1. (strictly) nothingness 2. (also) trouble, vanity, wickedness 3. (specifically) an idol [from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught)] KJV: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain ,vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare: H369

Tagged KJV passages

78 matching verses - 78.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

Hosea 12:11

Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.

Matched English: iniquityAmos 5:5

But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.

Matched English: noughtMicah 2:1

Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Matched English: iniquityHabakkuk 1:3

Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.

Matched English: iniquityHabakkuk 3:7

I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

Matched English: afflictionZechariah 10:2

For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.

Matched English: vanity