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
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H34 — אֶבְיוֹן
ev.yon · needy · Hebrew/Aramaic
55 tagged verse occurrences
Exodus 23:6 · אֶבְיֹנְךָ֖Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause.Exodus 23:11 · אֶבְיֹנֵ֣יbut the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.Deuteronomy 15:4 · אֶבְי֑וֹןHowbeit there shall be no poor with thee (for Jehovah will surely bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it),Deuteronomy 15:7 · אֶבְי֜וֹן · הָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother;Deuteronomy 15:9 · הָֽאֶבְי֔וֹןBeware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto Jehovah against thee, and it be sin unto thee.Deuteronomy 15:11 · אֶבְי֖וֹן · וּלְאֶבְיֹנְךָ֖For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.Deuteronomy 24:14 · וְאֶבְי֑וֹןThou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates:1 Samuel 2:8 · אֶבְי֔וֹןHe raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, And inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah’s, And he hath set the world upon them.Esther 9:22 · לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִֽים׃as the days wherein the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.Job 5:15 · אֶבְיֽוֹן׃But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.Job 24:4 · אֶבְיוֹנִ֣יםThey turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.Job 24:14 · וְאֶבְי֑וֹןThe murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.Job 29:16 · לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִ֑יםI was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that 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 needy?Job 31:19 · לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;Psalm 9:18 · אֶבְי֑וֹןFor the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.Psalm 12:5 · אֶבְי֫וֹנִ֥יםBecause of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.Psalm 35:10 · וְ֝אֶבְי֗וֹןAll my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee, Who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, Yea, the poor and the needy from him that robbeth him?Psalm 37:14 · וְאֶבְי֑וֹןThe wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.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 Jehovah heareth the needy, 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 Jehovah, make no tarrying.Psalm 72:4 · אֶבְי֑וֹןHe will judge the poor of the people, He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor.Psalm 72:12 · אֶבְי֣וֹןFor he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper.Psalm 72:13 · וְאֶבְי֑וֹן · אֶבְיוֹנִ֣יםHe will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save.Psalm 74:21 · וְ֝אֶבְי֗וֹןOh let not the oppressed return ashamed: Let the poor and needy praise thy name.Psalm 82:4 · וְאֶבְי֑וֹןRescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.Psalm 86:1 · וְאֶבְי֣וֹןA Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me; For I am poor and needy.Psalm 107:41 · אֶבְי֣וֹןYet setteth he the needy on high from affliction, And maketh him families like a flock.Psalm 109:16 · וְ֭אֶבְיוֹןBecause he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay them.Psalm 109:22 · וְאֶבְי֣וֹןFor I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.Psalm 109:31 · אֶבְי֑וֹןFor he will stand at the right hand of the needy, To save him from them that judge his soul.Psalm 112:9 · לָאֶבְיוֹנִ֗יםHe hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; His righteousness endureth for ever: His horn shall be exalted with honor.Psalm 113:7 · אֶבְיֽוֹן׃He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the needy from 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 Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.Proverbs 14:31 · אֶבְיֽוֹן׃He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.Proverbs 30:14 · וְ֝אֶבְיוֹנִ֗יםThere 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 minister justice to 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 first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.Isaiah 25:4 · לָאֶבְי֖וֹןFor thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade 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 Jehovah, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.Isaiah 32:7 · אֶבְי֖וֹןAnd the instruments of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.Isaiah 41:17 · וְהָאֶבְיוֹנִ֜יםThe poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst; I, Jehovah, will answer 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 innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.Jeremiah 5:28 · אֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםThey are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.Jeremiah 20:13 · אֶבְי֖וֹןSing unto Jehovah, praise ye Jehovah; for he hath delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evil-doers.Jeremiah 22:16 · וְאֶבְי֖וֹןHe judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.Amos 2:6 · וְאֶבְי֖וֹןThus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes—Amos 4:1 · אֶבְיוֹנִ֑יםHear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say unto their lords, Bring, and let us drink.Amos 5:12 · וְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםFor I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins—ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate from their right.Amos 8:4 · אֶבְי֑וֹןHear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause 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, and sell the refuse of the wheat?