ʼôwn — H202

Definition

masculine noun

ability, power, (figuratively) wealth

1. vigour, generative power
2. wealth
3. physical strength (of men and behemoth)

Usually translated as

strength, might, force, goods, substance

Origin

probably from the same as H205 (in the sense of effort, but successful)

• Same as ʼâven (H205)

Greek equivalents

• dóxa (G1391)
• dýnamis (G1411)
• hḗlios (G2246)
• kópos (G2873)
• pólis (G4172)
• hypárchō (G5225)

Occurrences

ʼôwn occurs 12 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Deuteronomy (1), Job (4), Psalms (2), Isaiah (2), Hosea (2)

• Genesis 49:3 — Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength (אוֹנִ֑י), the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
• Deuteronomy 21:17 — But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength (אֹנ֔וֹ); the right of the firstborn is his.
• Job 18:7 — The steps of his strength (אוֹנ֑וֹ) shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
• Job 18:12 — His strength (אֹנ֑וֹ) shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
• Job 20:10 — His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods (אוֹנֽוֹ).
• Job 40:16 — Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force (וְ֝אֹנ֗וֹ) is in the navel of his belly.
• Psalms 78:51 — And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength (א֝וֹנִ֗ים) in the tabernacles of Ham:
• Psalms 105:36 — He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength (אוֹנָֽם).
• Isaiah 40:26 — Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might (אוֹנִים֙), for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
• Isaiah 40:29 — He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might (אוֹנִ֖ים) he increaseth strength.
• Hosea 12:3 — He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength (וּבְאוֹנ֖וֹ) he had power with God:
• Hosea 12:8 — And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance (א֖וֹן): in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.