אֶבְיוֹן evyon

Hebrew word for “needy” · Strong’s H34 · used 61 times in 58 verses

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Meaning

1) in want, needy, chiefly poor, needy person;

How it is translated

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

• needy 35
• needy people 18
• needy person 7
• belonged to the needy person 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 15 (4), Psalms 72 (3), Psalms 109 (3), Exodus 23 (2), Job 24 (2), Proverbs 31 (2), Amos 8 (2), Deuteronomy 24 (1), 1 Samuel 2 (1), Esther 9 (1)

Forms

• ואביון 20
• אביון 15
• אביונים 7
• לאביון 4
• לאביונים 3
• ואביונים 3
• האביון 2
• אבינך 1
• אביני 1
• ולאבינך 1

Words used with it

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

• עָנִי ani “afflicted” 26
• דַּל dal “poor” 9
• עָשַׁק ashaq “to oppress” 5
• דִּין din “judgment” 3
• פָּלַט palat “to escape” 3
• דִּין din “to judge” 3
• מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 5
• גָּזַל gazal “to plunder” 3
• שָׁפַט shaphat “to judge” 4
• נָצַל natsal “to rescue” 4
• יָשַׁע yasah “to save” 4
• נָטָה natah “to stretch” 4

Key verses

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

• 1 Samuel 2:8 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory:…
• Psalms 12:5 — For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
• Psalms 35:10 — All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that…
• Psalms 72:12 — For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
• Psalms 112:9 — He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
• Psalms 113:7 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
• Isaiah 25:4 — For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the…
• Isaiah 41:17 — When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake…
• Jeremiah 5:28 — They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the…
• Ezekiel 16:49 — Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she…
• Amos 4:1 — Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and…
• Amos 8:4 — Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

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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.