H205. aven
אָ֫וֶן85 noun masculine[Job 5:6] trouble, sorrow, wickedness — absolute [Num 23:21] +; suffix אוֺנִי [Gen 35:18] etc.; plural אוֺנִים [Hosea 9:4] —
1 trouble, sorrow בֶּןאֿוֺנִי son of my trouble or sorrow [Gen 35:18] (E); בְּיַעֲקֹב אָוֶן הִבִּיט לֹא [Num 23:21] (song of Balaam), he doth not behold trouble in Jacob (|| he doth not see misery — עָמָל — in Isr); often || עָמָל [Psa 7:15] (יְחַבֶּלאָֿוֶן הִנֵּה lo he travaileth with trouble || שָׁ֑קֶר וְיָלַד עָמָל וְהָרָה, yea he hath conceived misery & brought forth a lie), probably thence [Job 15:35] (אָוֶן וְיָלֹד עָמָל הָרהֹ) = [Isa 59:4]; compare וָאָוֶן עָמָל [Psa 10:7]; [55:11]; [90:10]; [Job 4:8]; [5:6]; [Isa 10:1] (see עָמָל); also יִקְצָראָֿוֶן עַוְלָה זוֺרֵעַ [Prov 22:8] the sower of iniquity shall reap trouble; in this sense elsewhere only [Deut 26:14]; [Prov 12:21]; [Jer 4:15]; [Hab 3:7]; [Amos 5:5], plural intensive אוֺנִים לֶחֶם bread of trouble, sorrow, or mourning [Hosea 9:4].
2 idolatry [Hosea 12:12]; [Isa 41:29]; הַפְצַ֑ר וּתְרָפִים אָוֶן stubbornness is idolatry & (the use of) teraphim [1Sam 15:23] (poetry source); בֵּית אָוֶן [Hosea 4:15] (for אֵל בֵּיתbecause Bethel, house of God, is given over to idolatry) so also [5:8]; [10:5] compare א ׳בָּמוֺת [10:8]; א ׳בִּקְעַת [Amos 1:5] (Baalbek); א ׳בַּחוּרֵי read אֹן אוֺן, = On, Heliopolis [Ezek 30:17]; — abstract for concrete = idols [Isa 66:3].
3 trouble of iniquity, wickedness, אָוֶן מְתֵי [Job 22:15]; א ׳אַנְשֵׁי [34:36] = men of trouble, troublers, wicked men; compare א ׳אִישׁ [Prov 6:12]; Isaiah 55:17; אָוֶן מֹּעֲלֵי workers of trouble, evil-doers, workers of iniquity [Job 31:3]; [34:8], [22]; [Psa 5:6]; + (16 t. chiefly late Psalms) [Prov 10:29]; [21:15]; [Isa 31:2]; [Hosea 6:8]; אָוֶן מַחְשְׁבוֺת thoughts of trouble, wicked imaginations [Prov 6:18]; [Isa 59:7]; [Jer 4:14]; often of words & thoughts [Job 11:11] + (5 t.) [Psa 36:5] + (9 t.) [Prov 17:4]; [19:28]; [30:20]; [Isa 29:20]; [32:6]; [58:9]; [59:6]; [Ezek 11:2]; [Micah 2:1]; [Hab 1:3]; [Zech 10:2]; וַעֲצָרָה אָוֶן אוּכַל לֹא [Isa 1:13] I cannot bear iniquity with the solemn meeting (RV & most modern; AV it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting).
אֹן sorrow, see אָוֶן.