Yâvên — H3121

Definition

masculine noun

properly, dregs (as effervescing); hence, mud

1. mire, mirer

Usually translated as

mire, miry

Origin

from the same as H3196

• Same as Yayin (H3196)

Greek equivalents

• hýlē (G5208)

Occurrences

Yâvên occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Psalms (2)

• Psalms 40:2 — He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry (הַיָּ֫וֵ֥ן) clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
• Psalms 69:2 — I sink in deep mire (בִּיוֵ֣ן), where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.