הוֹן hon

Hebrew word for “substance” · Strong’s H1952 · used 26 times in 26 verses

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Meaning

1) wealth, riches, substance; 1a) wealth; 1b) price, high value; interj; 2) enough!, sufficiency

How it is translated

Glosses given for hon in context, with how often each is used:

• wealth 23
• enough 2
• wealths 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 27 (4), Proverbs 13 (2), Proverbs 19 (2), Proverbs 28 (2), Proverbs 30 (2), Psalms 44 (1), Psalms 112 (1), Psalms 119 (1), Proverbs 1 (1), Proverbs 3 (1)

Forms

• הון 18
• והון 3
• מהונך 1
• הונו 1
• להון 1
• הונך 1
• הוניך 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with hon more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עִזָּבוֹן izzavon “ware” 3
• יָקָר yaqar “precious” 3
• דַּל dal “poor” 3
• שָׂבֵעַ sava “to satisfy” 3
• מַעֲרָב maarav “merchandise” 2
• רַב rav “many” 4
• רֹב rov “abundance” 3
• צְדָקָה tsedaqah “righteousness” 3
• עָשַׁר ashar “to enrich” 2
• סָחַר sachar “to trade” 2
• רָבָה ravah “to multiply” 3
• עָשִׁיר ashir “rich” 2

Key verses

The verses using hon that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Psalms 112:3 — Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
• Psalms 119:14 — I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
• Proverbs 3:9 — Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
• Proverbs 8:18 — Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
• Proverbs 10:15 — The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
• Proverbs 11:4 — Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
• Proverbs 13:11 — Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
• Proverbs 28:8 — He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
• Proverbs 28:22 — He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
• Proverbs 29:3 — Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
• Proverbs 30:15 — The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
• Ezekiel 27:12 — Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.