Strong's #205: 'aven (pronounced aw-ven')
from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught); strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol:--affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain ,vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare 369.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
'âven
1) trouble, wickedness, sorrow
1a) trouble, sorrow
1b) idolatry
1c) trouble of iniquity, wickedness
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Relation: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain)
Usage:
This word is used 79 times:
Proverbs 17:4: "A wicked doer giveth heed false lips; and a liar giveth ear to"
Proverbs 19:28: "and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity."
Proverbs 21:15: "judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity."
Proverbs 22:8: "He that soweth iniquity vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail."
Proverbs 30:20: "and saith, I have done no wickedness."
Isaiah 1:13: "the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting."
Isaiah 10:1: "Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;"
Isaiah 29:20: "is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:"
Isaiah 31:2: "and against the help of them that work iniquity."
Isaiah 32:6: "villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error"
Isaiah 41:29: "Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion."
Isaiah 55:7: "Let the wicked forsake and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto"
Isaiah 58:9: "of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;"
Isaiah 59:4: "they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity."
Isaiah 59:6: "with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands."
Isaiah 59:7: "blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths."
Isaiah 66:3: "blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen"
Jeremiah 4:14: "from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge"
Jeremiah 4:15: "from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim."
Ezekiel 11:2: "these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this"
Ezekiel 30:17: "The young men of Aven shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity."
Hosea 6:8: "Gilead is a city iniquity, and is polluted with blood."
Hosea 9:4: "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"
Hosea 12:11: " Is there iniquity in Gilead? they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal;"
Amos 5:5: "shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to naught."
Micah 2:1: "Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning"
Habakkuk 1:3: "Why dost thou show me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before"
Habakkuk 3:7: "the tents in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble."
Zechariah 10:2: "For the idols vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told"
