אָוֶן

ʼâven · Hebrew · Strong's H205 · 79 occurrences

The KJV renders 25 different Hebrew and Greek words as “sorrow”

What it means

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

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

How the KJV renders it

affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners, naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“sorrow”

also renders pénthos (G3997), ōdín (G5604), odýnē (G3601), lypéō (G3076), lýpē (G3077), odynáō (G3600), ʼăbôwy (H17), dâʼab (H1669), dᵉʼâbâh (H1670), chebel (H2256), chûwl (H2342), chîyl (H2427), châlal (H2490), yâgôwn (H3015), kᵉʼêb (H3511), kaʻaç (H3708), mᵉginnâh (H4044), makʼôb (H4341), ʻâmâl (H5999), ʻetseb (H6089), ʻôtseb (H6090), tsîyr (H6735), raʻ (H7451), rôaʻ (H7455)

“iniquity”

also renders paranomía (G3892), adikía (G93), ponēría (G4189), adíkēma (G92), anomía (G458), havvâh (H1942), ʻivyâʼ (H5758), ʻevel (H5766), ʻâvôn (H5771), ʻalvâh (H5932), ʻâmâl (H5999), reshaʻ (H7562)

“idol”

also renders eídōlon (G1497), ʼêymâh (H367), ʼêl (H410), ʼĕlîyl (H457), gillûwl (H1544), chammân (H2553), miphletseth (H4656), çemel (H5566), ʻetseb (H6089), ʻôtseb (H6090), ʻâtsâb (H6091)

“vain”

also renders mátaios (G3152), kenós (G2756), eikē (G1500), kenophōnía (G2757), hebel (H1892), nâbab (H5014), rîyq (H7385), shâvᵉʼ (H7723), sheqer (H8267), tôhûw (H8414)

“affliction”

also renders páthēma (G3804), kákōsis (G2561), lachats (H3906), mûwʻâqâh (H4157), ʻânâh (H6031), ʻĕnûwth (H6039), tsârâh (H6869), raʻ (H7451), sheber (H7667)

“wicked”

also renders ponērós (G4190), ánomos (G459), áthesmos (G113), kakós (G2556), bᵉlîyaʻal (H1100), ʻavvâl (H5767), ʻâmêl (H6001), reshaʻ (H7562), râshâʻ (H7563)

“evil”

also renders ponērós (G4190), phaûlos (G5337), kakós (G2556), kakōs (G2560), kakía (G2549), bᵉlîyaʻal (H1100), raʻ (H7451)

“mischief”

also renders rhaidiourgía (G4468), ʼâçôwn (H611), havvâh (H1942), hôvâh (H1943), zimmâh (H2154), ʻâmâl (H5999), raʻ (H7451)

“false”

also renders pseudḗs (G5571), châmâç (H2555), kâzâb (H3577), mirmâh (H4820), rᵉmîyâh (H7423), shâvᵉʼ (H7723)

“vanity”

also renders mátaios (G3152), mataiótēs (G3153), hebel (H1892), rîyq (H7385), shâvᵉʼ (H7723), tôhûw (H8414)

“unjust”

also renders adikía (G93), ádikos (G94), ʻevel (H5766), ʻavvâl (H5767)

“unrighteous”

also renders ádikos (G94), châmâç (H2555), ʻăval (H5765), ʻavvâl (H5767)

“naught”

also renders raʻ (H7451)

Where it appears

79 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Samuel 15:23 · HC/Ncmsa

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected Yahweh’s word, he has also rejected you from being king.”

Amos 5:5 · HR/Ncmsa

but don’t seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don’t pass to Beersheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.

Deuteronomy 26:14 · HR/Ncmsa

I have not eaten of it in my mourning, neither have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor given of it for the dead. I have listened to Yahweh my God’s voice. I have done according to all that you have commanded me.

Ezekiel 11:2 · HNcmsa

He said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity, and who give wicked counsel in this city;

Habakkuk 1:3 · HNcmsa

Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up.

Habakkuk 3:7 · HNcmsa

I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction. The dwellings of the land of Midian trembled.

Hosea 6:8 HNcmsaHosea 9:4 HNcmpaHosea 10:8 HNcmsaHosea 12:11 HNcmsaIsaiah 1:13 HNcmsaIsaiah 10:1 HNcmsaIsaiah 29:20 HNcmsaIsaiah 31:2 HNcmsaIsaiah 32:6 HNcmsaIsaiah 41:29 HNcmsaIsaiah 55:7 HNcmsaIsaiah 58:9 HNcmsaIsaiah 59:4 HNcmsaIsaiah 59:6 HNcmsaIsaiah 59:7 HNcmsaIsaiah 66:3 HNcmsaJeremiah 4:14 HNcmsc/Sp2fsJeremiah 4:15 HNcmsaJob 4:8 HNcmsaJob 5:6 HNcmsaJob 11:11 HNcmsaJob 11:14 HNcmsaJob 15:35 HNcmsaJob 21:19 HNcmsc/Sp3msJob 22:15 HNcmsaJob 31:3 HNcmsaJob 34:8 HNcmsaJob 34:22 HNcmsaJob 34:36 HNcmsaJob 36:10 HR/NcmsaJob 36:21 HNcmsaMicah 2:1 HNcmsaNumbers 23:21 HNcmsaProverbs 6:12 HNcmsaProverbs 6:18 HNcmsaProverbs 10:29 HNcmsaProverbs 11:7 HNcmpaProverbs 12:21 HNcmsaProverbs 17:4 HNcmsaProverbs 19:28 HNcmsaProverbs 21:15 HNcmsaProverbs 22:8 HNcmsaProverbs 30:20 HNcmsaPsalm 5:5 HNcmsaPsalm 6:8 HNcmsaPsalm 7:14 HNcmsaPsalm 10:7 HC/NcmsaPsalm 14:4 HNcmsaPsalm 28:3 HNcmsaPsalm 36:3 HNcmsaPsalm 36:4 HNcmsaPsalm 36:12 HNcmsaPsalm 41:6 HNcmsaPsalm 53:4 HNcmsa

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.