Strong's H205

אָוֶן

Transliteration

ʼâven

Pronunciation

aw-ven'

Definition

strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol

KJV usage

affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare H369 (אַיִן).

Derivation

from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught);

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Hebrew dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.