ʻâvôn — H5771

H5771 · Hebrew — עון

Pronunciation: aw-vone'

Other spellings: ʻâvôwn עָווֹן

Definition

masculine noun

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

  1. perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity
    1. iniquity
    2. guilt of iniquity, guilt (as great), guilt (of condition)
    3. consequence of or punishment for iniquity

Usually translated as

iniquity, punishment, fault, sin, mischeif

Origin

or ʻâvôwn; (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (H7)), from H5753

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʻâvôn occurs 230 times in 213 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Exodus (5), Leviticus (16), Numbers (9), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (2), 1 Samuel (6), 2 Samuel (6), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Ezra (3), Nehemiah (2), Job (15), Psalms (29), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (24), Jeremiah (23), Lamentations (5), Ezekiel (38), Daniel (3), Hosea (10), Amos (1), Micah (2), Zechariah (2), Malachi (1)