1) in want, needy, chiefly poor, needy person 2) subject to oppression and abuse 3) needing help, deliverance from trouble, especially as delivered by God 4) general reference to lowest class
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H34 — אֶבְיוֹן
ev.yon · needy · Hebrew/Aramaic
55 tagged verse occurrences
Exodus 23:6 · אֶבְיֹנְךָ֖Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.Exodus 23:11 · אֶבְיֹנֵ֣יBut the seventh [year] thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, [and] with thy oliveyard.Deuteronomy 15:4 · אֶבְי֑וֹןSave when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance to possess it:Deuteronomy 15:7 · אֶבְי֜וֹן · הָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:Deuteronomy 15:9 · הָֽאֶבְי֔וֹןBeware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.Deuteronomy 15:11 · אֶבְי֖וֹן · וּלְאֶבְיֹנְךָ֖For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.Deuteronomy 24:14 · וְאֶבְי֑וֹןThou shalt not oppress an hired servant [that is] poor and needy, [whether he be] of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that [are] in thy land within thy gates:1 Samuel 2:8 · אֶבְי֔וֹןHe raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set [them] among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth [are] the LORD’S, and he hath set the world upon them.Esther 9:22 · לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִֽים׃As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.Job 5:15 · אֶבְיֽוֹן׃But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.Job 24:4 · אֶבְיוֹנִ֣יםThey turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.Job 24:14 · וְאֶבְי֑וֹןThe murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.Job 29:16 · לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִ֑יםI [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.Job 30:25 · לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was [not] my soul grieved for the poor?Job 31:19 · לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;Psalm 9:18 · אֶבְי֑וֹןFor the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever.Psalm 12:5 · אֶבְי֫וֹנִ֥יםFor the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set [him] in safety [from him that] puffeth at him.Psalm 35:10 · וְ֝אֶבְי֗וֹןAll my bones shall say, LORD, who [is] like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?Psalm 37:14 · וְאֶבְי֑וֹןThe wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay such as be of upright conversation.Psalm 40:17 · וְאֶבְיוֹן֮But I [am] poor and needy; [yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.Psalm 49:2 · וְאֶבְיֽוֹן׃Both low and high, rich and poor, together.Psalm 69:33 · אֶבְיוֹנִ֣יםFor the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.Psalm 70:5 · וְאֶבְיוֹן֮But I [am] poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.Psalm 72:4 · אֶבְי֑וֹןHe shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.Psalm 72:12 · אֶבְי֣וֹןFor he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and [him] that hath no helper.Psalm 72:13 · וְאֶבְי֑וֹן · אֶבְיוֹנִ֣יםHe shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.Psalm 74:21 · וְ֝אֶבְי֗וֹןO let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.Psalm 82:4 · וְאֶבְי֑וֹןDeliver the poor and needy: rid [them] out of the hand of the wicked.Psalm 86:1 · וְאֶבְי֣וֹןA Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I [am] poor and needy.Psalm 107:41 · אֶבְי֣וֹןYet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh [him] families like a flock.Psalm 109:16 · וְ֭אֶבְיוֹןBecause that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.Psalm 109:22 · וְאֶבְי֣וֹןFor I [am] poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.Psalm 109:31 · אֶבְי֑וֹןFor he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save [him] from those that condemn his soul.Psalm 112:9 · לָאֶבְיוֹנִ֗יםHe hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.Psalm 113:7 · אֶבְיֽוֹן׃He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, [and] lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;Psalm 132:15 · אֶ֝בְיוֹנֶ֗יהָI will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.Psalm 140:12 · אֶבְיֹנִֽים׃I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, [and] the right of the poor.Proverbs 14:31 · אֶבְיֽוֹן׃He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.Proverbs 30:14 · וְ֝אֶבְיוֹנִ֗ים[There is] a generation, whose teeth [are as] swords, and their jaw teeth [as] knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.Proverbs 31:9 · וְאֶבְיֽוֹן׃ פOpen thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.Proverbs 31:20 · לָֽאֶבְיֽוֹן׃She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.Isaiah 14:30 · וְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםAnd the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.Isaiah 25:4 · לָאֶבְי֖וֹןFor thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones [is] as a storm [against] the wall.Isaiah 29:19 · וְאֶבְיוֹנֵ֣יThe meek also shall increase [their] joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.Isaiah 32:7 · אֶבְי֖וֹןThe instruments also of the churl [are] evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.Isaiah 41:17 · וְהָאֶבְיוֹנִ֜ים[When] the poor and needy seek water, and [there is] none, [and] their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, [I] the God of Israel will not forsake them.Jeremiah 2:34 · אֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםAlso in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.Jeremiah 5:28 · אֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםThey are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.Jeremiah 20:13 · אֶבְי֖וֹןSing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.Jeremiah 22:16 · וְאֶבְי֖וֹןHe judged the cause of the poor and needy; then [it was] well [with him: was] not this to know me? saith the LORD.Amos 2:6 · וְאֶבְי֖וֹןThus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;Amos 4:1 · אֶבְיוֹנִ֑יםHear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that [are] in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.Amos 5:12 · וְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםFor I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate [from their right].Amos 8:4 · אֶבְי֑וֹןHear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,Amos 8:6 · וְאֶבְי֖וֹןThat we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; [yea], and sell the refuse of the wheat?