עָוֺן

ʻâvôn · Hebrew · Strong's H5771 · 232 occurrences

The KJV renders 13 different Hebrew and Greek words as “iniquity”

What it means

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

or עָווֹן; (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (H7 (אֲבַד))), from H5753 (עָוָה);

How the KJV renders it

fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment, sin

Where that flattens a distinction

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

“iniquity”

also renders paranomía (G3892), adikía (G93), ponēría (G4189), adíkēma (G92), anomía (G458), ʼâven (H205), havvâh (H1942), ʻivyâʼ (H5758), ʻevel (H5766), ʻalvâh (H5932), ʻâmâl (H5999), reshaʻ (H7562)

“sin”

also renders hamartánō (G264), hamartía (G266), paráptōma (G3900), hamártēma (G265), ʼashmâh (H819), chêṭᵉʼ (H2399), chăṭâʼâh (H2401), chăṭîy (H2408), Çîyn (H5512), peshaʻ (H6588)

“fault”

also renders ámōmos (G299), aitía (G156), paráptōma (G3900), hḗttēma (G2275), chêṭᵉʼ (H2399), mᵉʼûwmâh (H3972), rishʻâh (H7564), shᵉchath (H7844)

“punishment”

also renders ekdíkēsis (G1557), epitimía (G2009), kólasis (G2851), timōría (G5098), chaṭṭâʼâh (H2403), ʻônesh (H6066)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

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

1 Chronicles 21:8 · HNcbsc

David said to God, “I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing. But now put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.”

1 Kings 17:18 · HNcbsc/Sp1cs

She said to Elijah, “What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!”

1 Samuel 3:13 · HR/Ncbsc

For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves, and he didn’t restrain them.

1 Samuel 3:14 · HNcbsc

Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be removed with sacrifice or offering forever.”

1 Samuel 18:9 · HNcbsa

Saul watched David from that day and forward.

1 Samuel 20:1 · HNcbsc/Sp1cs

David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”

1 Samuel 20:8 HNcbsa1 Samuel 25:24 HTd/Ncbsa1 Samuel 28:10 HNcbsa2 Kings 7:9 HNcbsa2 Samuel 3:8 HNcbsc2 Samuel 14:9 HTd/Ncbsa2 Samuel 14:32 HNcbsa2 Samuel 16:12 HR/Ncbsc/Sp1cs2 Samuel 19:19 HNcbsa2 Samuel 22:24 HR/Ncbsc/Sp1cs2 Samuel 24:10 HNcbscAmos 3:2 HNcbpc/Sp2mpDaniel 9:13 HR/Ncbsc/Sp1cpDaniel 9:16 HC/R/NcbpcDaniel 9:24 HNcbsaDeuteronomy 5:9 HNcbscDeuteronomy 19:15 HNcbsaExodus 20:5 HNcbscExodus 28:38 HNcbscExodus 28:43 HNcbsaExodus 34:7 HNcbsaExodus 34:9 HR/Ncbsc/Sp1cpEzekiel 3:18 HR/Ncbsc/Sp3msEzekiel 3:19 HR/Ncbsc/Sp3msEzekiel 4:4 HNcbscEzekiel 4:5 HNcbscEzekiel 4:6 HNcbscEzekiel 4:17 HR/Ncbsc/Sp3mpEzekiel 7:13 HR/Ncbsc/Sp3msEzekiel 7:16 HR/Ncbsc/Sp3msEzekiel 7:19 HNcbsc/Sp3mpEzekiel 9:9 HNcbscEzekiel 14:3 HNcbsc/Sp3mpEzekiel 14:4 HNcbsc/Sp3msEzekiel 14:7 HNcbsc/Sp3msEzekiel 14:10 HNcbsc/Sp3mpEzekiel 16:49 HNcbscEzekiel 18:17 HR/NcbscEzekiel 18:18 HR/Ncbsc/Sp3msEzekiel 18:19 HR/NcbscEzekiel 18:20 HR/NcbscEzekiel 18:30 HNcbsaEzekiel 21:23 HNcbsaEzekiel 21:24 HNcbsc/Sp2mpEzekiel 21:25 HNcbscEzekiel 21:29 HNcbscEzekiel 24:23 HR/Ncbpc/Sp2mpEzekiel 28:18 HNcbpc/Sp2msEzekiel 29:16 HNcbsaEzekiel 32:27 HNcbpc/Sp3mpEzekiel 33:6 HR/Ncbsc/Sp3msEzekiel 33:8 HR/Ncbsc/Sp3msEzekiel 33:9 HR/Ncbsc/Sp3msEzekiel 35:5 HNcbsc

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.