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Strong's H205 אָוֶן (aven)

Aven means “idol” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G205 — akrothinion (“spoils”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H205
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 78
Books 14

Strong's H205 Quick Answer

Strong's H205 אָוֶן (aven) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. aven (aw-ven') n-m. 1. (strictly) nothingness 2. (also) trouble, vanity, wickedness It has 78 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include vanity, also, wickedness, trouble, and idol. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
aven (aw-ven') n-m. 1. (strictly) nothingness 2. (also) trouble, vanity, wickedness
Usage
78 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
vanity, also, wickedness, trouble, and idol

Meaning and Definition

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

Original Word
אָוֶן
Transliteration
aven
Derivation
Root: אין
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H205. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

evil: wickedness

Usage: 1) trouble, wickedness, sorrow 1a) trouble, sorrow 1b) idolatry 1c) trouble of iniquity, wickedness Also means: a.ven (אָ֫וֶן ": trouble" H0205H)

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How Strong's H205 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render aven, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

vanity Job 15:35 also 1 Samuel 15:23 wickedness Job 4:8 idol Isaiah 66:3 trouble Job 5:6

How Strong's H205 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 78 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H205 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H205 in the Old Testament

78 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Numbers 23:21 KJV

He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

Deuteronomy 26:14 KJV

I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.

1 Samuel 15:23 KJV

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

Usage Excerpts

First 78 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H205.

Numbers 23:21 Old Testament, KJV
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
Deuteronomy 26:14 Old Testament, KJV
I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
1 Samuel 15:23 Old Testament, KJV
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
Job 4:8 Old Testament, KJV
Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Job 5:6 Old Testament, KJV
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
Job 11:11 Old Testament, KJV
For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
Job 11:14 Old Testament, KJV
If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
Job 15:35 Old Testament, KJV
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
Job 21:19 Old Testament, KJV
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
Job 22:15 Old Testament, KJV
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Job 31:3 Old Testament, KJV
Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
Job 34:8 Old Testament, KJV
Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
Job 34:22 Old Testament, KJV
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Job 34:36 Old Testament, KJV
My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.
Job 36:10 Old Testament, KJV
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
Job 36:21 Old Testament, KJV
Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Psalms 5:5 Old Testament, KJV
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Psalms 6:8 Old Testament, KJV
Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
Psalms 7:14 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Psalms 10:7 Old Testament, KJV
His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Psalms 14:4 Old Testament, KJV
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
Psalms 28:3 Old Testament, KJV
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
Psalms 36:3 Old Testament, KJV
The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
Psalms 36:4 Old Testament, KJV
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
Psalms 36:12 Old Testament, KJV
There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
Psalms 41:6 Old Testament, KJV
And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
Psalms 53:4 Old Testament, KJV
Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
Psalms 55:3 Old Testament, KJV
Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
Psalms 55:10 Old Testament, KJV
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
Psalms 56:7 Old Testament, KJV
Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
Psalms 59:2 Old Testament, KJV
Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
Psalms 59:5 Old Testament, KJV
Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
Psalms 64:2 Old Testament, KJV
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
Psalms 66:18 Old Testament, KJV
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
Psalms 90:10 Old Testament, KJV
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Psalms 92:7 Old Testament, KJV
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
Psalms 92:9 Old Testament, KJV
For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
Psalms 94:4 Old Testament, KJV
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
Psalms 94:16 Old Testament, KJV
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Psalms 94:23 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
Psalms 101:8 Old Testament, KJV
I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
Psalms 119:133 Old Testament, KJV
Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Psalms 125:5 Old Testament, KJV
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.
Psalms 141:4 Old Testament, KJV
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
Psalms 141:9 Old Testament, KJV
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 6:12 Old Testament, KJV
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
Proverbs 6:18 Old Testament, KJV
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Proverbs 10:29 Old Testament, KJV
The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 11:7 Old Testament, KJV
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
Proverbs 12:21 Old Testament, KJV
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Proverbs 17:4 Old Testament, KJV
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Proverbs 19:28 Old Testament, KJV
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
Proverbs 21:15 Old Testament, KJV
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Proverbs 22:8 Old Testament, KJV
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Proverbs 30:20 Old Testament, KJV
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
Isaiah 1:13 Old Testament, KJV
Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
Isaiah 10:1 Old Testament, KJV
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
Isaiah 29:20 Old Testament, KJV
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
Isaiah 31:2 Old Testament, KJV
Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
Isaiah 32:6 Old Testament, KJV
For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Isaiah 41:29 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
Isaiah 55:7 Old Testament, KJV
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Isaiah 58:9 Old Testament, KJV
Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
Isaiah 59:4 Old Testament, KJV
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Isaiah 59:6 Old Testament, KJV
Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Isaiah 59:7 Old Testament, KJV
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Isaiah 66:3 Old Testament, KJV
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
Jeremiah 4:14 Old Testament, KJV
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Jeremiah 4:15 Old Testament, KJV
For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
Ezekiel 11:2 Old Testament, KJV
Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
Hosea 6:8 Old Testament, KJV
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
Hosea 9:4 Old Testament, KJV
They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.
Hosea 12:11 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Amos 5:5 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Micah 2:1 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Habakkuk 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Habakkuk 3:7 Old Testament, KJV
I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
Zechariah 10:2 Old Testament, KJV
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.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H205, grouped by book.

Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 13 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 29 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 10 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 12 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Hosea 3 usages, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Habakkuk 2 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H205 FAQ

What does aven (אָוֶן) mean?

Aven (Strong's H205) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "idol". aven (aw-ven') n-m. 1. (strictly) nothingness 2. (also) trouble, vanity, wickedness

How many times is aven (אָוֶן) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 78 linked usages for Strong's H205 across 14 books.

Where can I study aven (אָוֶן) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H205 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate aven (אָוֶן)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as vanity, also, wickedness, trouble, and idol. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.