Or oavown (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5; Psalm 51:7) {aw-vone'}; from avah; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil -- fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
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עָוֺן noun masculineIsaiah 22:14 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity; — ׳ע absolute Exodus 21:43 +; עָווֺן 2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:7; construct עֲוֺן Genesis 15:16 +; עֲווֺן 1 Chronicles 21:8; suffix עֲוֺנִי Genesis 4:13 + (2 Samuel 16:12 read בְּעָנְיִי), עֲוֺנְךָ Hosea 9:7 +; עֲוֺנֵ֑כִי Psalm 103:3; עֲוֺ֔נָהֿ Numbers 15:31 (Ges§ 91e), etc.; plural עֲוֺנוֺת absolute Psalm 130:3 +, construct Job 13:26 +; עַוֺנֹת absolute Psalm 65:4, construct Leviticus 16:21 +; suffix עֲוֺנֹתֶיךָ Isaiah 43:24, עֲוֺנֹתֵיכֶם Numbers 14:34 +, etc.; also עֲוֺנֶיךָ Ezekiel 28:18; עֲוֺנֵינוּ Isaiah 64:6 +, etc. (SS doubt all these); —
1 iniquity, Job 15:5; 20:27; Jeremiah 11:10; 14:7; 16:17; Lamentations 2:14; Ezekiel 7:13; "" חטאת 1 Samuel 20:1; Job 13:23; Isaiah 5:18; 43:24; 59:2; Jeremiah 5:25; 16:10; Lamentations 4:6, 13; Daniel 9:16; Hosea 4:8; 13:12; "" פשׁע Job 14:17; 31:33; Psalm 107:17; Isaiah 50:1; 53:5; "" אשׁמה Ezra 9:6-7, 13; רעה Job 22:5; Hosea 7:1
a. ׳ע נְעוּרַי Job 13:26 iniquities of my youth; ׳ע חֶרֶב 19:29 iniquities calling for the sword; ׳ע מְּלִילִי(םׅ 31:11, 28 iniquity for (to be punished by) judges; עֲוֺנֹתָם שְׁתֵּי Hosea 10:10 (so read Vrss Hi and others); בע ׳כשׁל stumble by iniquity 5:5; 14:2; compare ע ׳מִכְשׁוֺל Ezekiel 7:19; 14:3-4, 7; 18:30; 44:12; לכלעֿון Deuteronomy 19:15; מע ׳אשׁתמרה 2 Samuel 22:24 = Psalm 18:24. אֲשֶׁרחֵֿטְא עָוֺן Hosea 12:9.
b. iniquity as recognized, ע ׳ידע 1 Samuel 3:13; Isaiah 59:12; Jeremiah 3:13; 14:20; confessed, ע ׳התודה Leviticus 16:21; 26:40 (twice in verse) (P), Nehemiah 9:2; ע ׳הגיד Psalm 38:19; ע כסה ׳לא 32:5; brought to remembrance, ע ׳הזכיר Numbers 5:15 (P) 1 Kings 17:18; Ezekiel 21:28; 21:29; 29:16; causing shame, מע ׳יִכָּֽלְמוּ 43:10; turned from, מע ׳שׁוּב Daniel 9:13, compare מע ׳השׁיב Malachi 2:6.
c. (1) phrases of punishment: ע ׳פקד על Exodus 20:5 = Deuteronomy 5:9; Exodus 34:7; Numbers 14:18 (J), Leviticus 18:25 (H) 2 Samuel 3:8; Isaiah 13:11; 26:21; Jeremiah 25:12; 36:31; Amos 3:2; without על, Lamentations 4:22, ע ׳פקד ב Psalm 89:33; Job 11:6 see [II. נשׁא]; ע על ׳יסּר Psalm 39:12 chastise for iniquity; ע לנגדךָ׳שַׁתָּ֯ 90:8 set our iniquities before thee; כע ׳גמל 103:10; ע ׳שׁמר 130:3; ע ׳שׁלּם Isaiah 65:7 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 16:18; 32:18; בע ׳מַטְבֵּחַ Isaiah 14:21; (2) of forgiveness or removal: ע העביר 2 Samuel 24:10 = 1 Chronicles 21:8; Job 7:21; Zechariah 3:4; ע ׳משׁתי 3:9 לע ׳סלח Exodus 34:9; Numbers 14:19 (J), Psalm 25:11; 103:3; Jeremiah 31:34; 33:8; 36:3; ע ׳נשׂא Exodus 34:7; Numbers 14:18 (J), Psalm 32:5; 85:3; Isaiah 33:24; Hosea 14:3; Micah 7:18; ע ׳סר Isaiah 6:7; ע ׳יכבושׁ Micah 7:19; (3) of covering over, ע על ׳כסה Nehemiah 3:37; ע ׳כמּר Psalm 78:38; Proverbs 16:6; Isaiah 22:14; 27:9; Daniel 9:24; ע על ׳כמּר Jeremiah 18:23; ע ׳יתכמּר 1 Samuel 3:14; (4) of cleansing from: מע ׳כבּס Psalm 51:4; ע ׳מחה 51:11; מע ׳טהר Jeremiah 33:8; Ezekiel 36:33; (5) of imputing, reckoning to one: ע ׳חשׁב ל 2 Samuel 19:20; Psalm 32:2; ע ׳זכר (לׅ 79:8; Isaiah 64:8; Jeremiah 14:10; Hosea 8:13; 9:9; ע ׳יִזָּכֵר Psalm 109:14; (ל)ע ׳בקשׁ Job 10:6; Jeremiah 50:20; -6מע ׳פדה Psalm 130:8 ransom from iniquity.
2 Guilt of iniquity (not always easy to distinguished from
1; SS give more, Buhl fewer, sub
2); — "" תועבות Ezekiel 36:31; "" דם Isaiah 59:3; "" חמס Ezekiel 9:9; ׳ע פעור Joshua 22:17 (P); ׳ע סדם Ezekiel 16:49; ׳ע בצעוֺ Isaiah 57:17; עונם שְׁנֵי Ezekiel 4:4; לְפָנַי עֲוֺנֵךְ נִכְתָּם Jeremiah 2:22 the guilt of thine iniquity is marked before me; ע ׳מצא Genesis 44:16 (E) Psalm 36:3.
a. ׳ע בְ: guilt of iniquity upon one Numbers 15:31 (P) 1 Samuel 20:8; 2 Samuel 14:32; ע ׳לא לִי Job 33:9 ("" זַךְ); בליעֿון Psalm 59:5 without my guilt.
b. guilt, as great, increased: עָוֺן רֹב Jeremiah 13:22; 30:14-15, Ezekiel 28:18; Hosea 9:7; ע ׳לֹאשָֿׁלֵם Genesis 15:16 (J); ׳ע ראֹשִׁי עָֽבְרוּ Psalm 38:5; ׳ע יְסוּבֵּנִי עֲקֵבַי 49:6; ׳ע הִשִּׂיגוּנִי 40:13; ׳ע מני גברו 65:4; ע כֶּבֶד ׳עַם Isaiah 1:4; ׳בע נלקח Ezekiel 33:6.
c. as a condition, ׳בע: with חוללתי was I brought forth Psalm 51:7; with גָּוַע expire Joshua 22:20 (P); with מות die Jeremiah 31:30; Ezekiel 3:18-19, 18:17-18, 33:8-9,.
3 Consequence of, or punishment for, iniquity (SS include most of these under 2, and do not recognize
3; Buhl thinks this meaning rare, giving only Genesis 4:13; Isaiah 5:18); — הזה בדבר ע יִקְּ֯רֵךְ ׳אִם 1 Samuel 28:10 no punishment shall happen unto thee for, etc.; ע ׳נשׂא bear the punishment for iniquity of others Exodus 28:38; Leviticus 10:17 (take away ׳ע Di Nowii. 233 n.) 16:22; Numbers 30:16 (P), Ezekiel 4:4-5, 6; ׳בע 18:19-20, (twice in verse); one's own, Exodus 28:43; Leviticus 5:1, 17; 7:18; 17:16; 19:8; 20:17, 19; 22:16; Numbers 5:31; 14:34; 18:1 (twice in verse); 18:23 (P), Ezekiel 14:10; 44:10, 12; ע מנשׂוא׳גדול Genesis 4:13 (J) my punishment is greater than I can bear; עֲוֺנָהּ נִרְצָה Isaiah 40:2 her punishment is accepted, compare ע ׳רצה Leviticus 26:41, 43 (H); ע ׳ומצאנוּ 2 Kings 7:9 punishment will overtake us; ע ׳תנה ע ׳על Psalm 69:28 add punishment to their punishment; ׳ע יסבל הוא Isaiah 53:11 the consequences of their iniquities he shall bear, compare ׳ע סָבָ֑לְנוּ Lamentations 5:7; ע בו ׳הפגיע Isaiah 53:6; מע ׳נִקָּה freed from punishment Numbers 5:31 (P) Job 10:14; העון אני בי 1 Samuel 25:24 on me the punishment; הע ׳עלי 2 Samuel 14:9; ׳בע with various verbs: Genesis 19:15 (J) Leviticus 26:39 (twice in verse) (H) Psalm 31:11; 106:43; Jeremiah 51:6; Ezekiel 4:17; 7:16; 24:23; 39:23; ע ׳עת קץ 21:30; Ezekiel 21:34; 35:5; see also: Proverbs 5:22 ("" חטאת חַבְלֵי), Isaiah 30:13; 64:5; 64:6; Lamentations 4:22; Ezekiel 4:4; 14:10 (twice in verse); 32:27.