עָוֺן
ʿāwōn
iniquity
Strong's H5771NounHebrewTWOT 1577a

עָוֺן (ʿāwōn) is a Hebrew noun meaning iniquity. It appears 232 times in 26 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5771).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1577a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1577a)iniquity, guilt, punishment of iniquity; perversity, evil; fault, mischeif, punishment, sin
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עָוֹן noun, masculine: iniquity, guilt, punishment of iniquity

iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity

Strong's H5771 עָוֺן: perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
KJV:fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1577: עָוָה ʿāwâ — bend, twist; be bent, bowed down; its surface will he distort; commit iniquity, do wrong; crook; do amiss, bow down, make crooked, pervert, perverse, perversely, trouble, do wickedly

See it in Scripture

Genesis 4:13Exodus 20:5Leviticus 10:17

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