עָוֺן avan
Hebrew word for “iniquity” · Strong’s H5771 · used 231 times in 214 verses
Meaning
: crime; 1) perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity;
Senses in the lexicon
- iniquity: crime (180)
- iniquity: guilt (28)
- iniquity: punishment (23)
How it is translated
Glosses given for avan in context, with how often each is used:
- iniquity 164
- iniquities 47
- guilt 10
- punishment 7
- own iniquity 2
- some of iniquity 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel | 44 | 2.3 | |
| Psalms | 31 | 1.6 | |
| Isaiah | 25 | 1.5 | |
| Jeremiah | 24 | 1.1 | |
| Leviticus | 18 | 1.5 | |
| Job | 15 | 1.8 | |
| Numbers | 12 | 0.7 | |
| Hosea | 11 | 4.6 | |
| Exodus | 6 | 0.4 | |
| 1 Samuel | 6 | 0.5 | |
| 2 Samuel | 6 | 0.5 | |
| Lamentations | 6 | 3.9 |
Also in 14 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Ezekiel 18 (5), Leviticus 26 (4), Ezekiel 4 (4), Ezekiel 14 (4), Ezekiel 21 (4), Numbers 14 (3), Ezra 9 (3), Job 31 (3), Psalms 51 (3), Isaiah 53 (3)
Forms
- עון 67
- עונם 26
- עונך 12
- בעונו 10
- עונו 9
- בעון 9
- עוני 7
- עונה 6
- בעונם 5
- עונתיכם 5
Words used with it
Words that share verses with avan more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- חַטָּאת chattat “sin” 43
- נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 37
- פֶּשַׁע pesah “transgression” 19
- אָב av “father” 27
- פָּקַד paqad “to reckon” 16
- זָכַר zakhar “to remember” 14
- אִם im “if” 19
- חָטָא chata “to sin” 13
- יָדַע yada “to know” 17
- כִּפֶּר kipher “to atone” 10
- גָּלָה galah “to reveal” 11
- שׁוּב shuv “to return” 17
Key verses
The verses using avan that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 20:5 — Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto…
- Isaiah 1:4 — Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One…
- Isaiah 50:1 — Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for…
- Isaiah 53:6 — All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
- Isaiah 53:11 — He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
- Isaiah 64:6 — But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken…
- Jeremiah 31:34 — And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto…
- Ezekiel 18:30 — Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions;…
- Daniel 9:24 — Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for…
- Hosea 14:1 — O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
- Hosea 14:2 — Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
- Micah 7:18 — Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever,…
See all 214 verses in the Word Atlas
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.