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 · אֶבְיֹנְךָ֖You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.Exodus 23:11 · אֶבְיֹנֵ֣יbut in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.Deuteronomy 15:4 · אֶבְי֑וֹןThere will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance,Deuteronomy 15:7 · אֶבְי֜וֹן · הָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.Deuteronomy 15:9 · הָֽאֶבְי֔וֹןBe careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.Deuteronomy 15:11 · אֶבְי֖וֹן · וּלְאֶבְיֹנְךָ֖For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.Deuteronomy 24:14 · וְאֶבְי֑וֹןDo not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.1 Samuel 2:8 · אֶבְי֔וֹןHe raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.Esther 9:22 · לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִֽים׃as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.Job 5:15 · אֶבְיֽוֹן׃He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.Job 24:4 · אֶבְיוֹנִ֣יםThey push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.Job 24:14 · וְאֶבְי֑וֹןWhen daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.Job 29:16 · לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִ֑יםI was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.Job 30:25 · לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?Job 31:19 · לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,Psalm 9:18 · אֶבְי֑וֹןFor the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.Psalm 12:5 · אֶבְי֫וֹנִ֥ים“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”Psalm 35:10 · וְ֝אֶבְי֗וֹןAll my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”Psalm 37:14 · וְאֶבְי֑וֹןThe wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.Psalm 40:17 · וְאֶבְיוֹן֮But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.Psalm 49:2 · וְאֶבְיֽוֹן׃both low and high, rich and poor alike.Psalm 69:33 · אֶבְיוֹנִ֣יםFor the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.Psalm 70:5 · וְאֶבְיוֹן֮But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.Psalm 72:4 · אֶבְי֑וֹןMay he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.Psalm 72:12 · אֶבְי֣וֹןFor he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.Psalm 72:13 · וְאֶבְי֑וֹן · אֶבְיוֹנִ֣יםHe will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed.Psalm 74:21 · וְ֝אֶבְי֗וֹןDo not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.Psalm 82:4 · וְאֶבְי֑וֹןRescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.Psalm 86:1 · וְאֶבְי֣וֹןA prayer of David. Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.Psalm 107:41 · אֶבְי֣וֹןBut He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.Psalm 109:16 · וְ֭אֶבְיוֹןFor he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.Psalm 109:22 · וְאֶבְי֣וֹןFor I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.Psalm 109:31 · אֶבְי֑וֹןFor He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.Psalm 112:9 · לָאֶבְיוֹנִ֗יםHe has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.Psalm 113:7 · אֶבְיֽוֹן׃He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dumpPsalm 132:15 · אֶ֝בְיוֹנֶ֗יהָI will bless her with abundant provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.Psalm 140:12 · אֶבְיֹנִֽים׃I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.Proverbs 14:31 · אֶבְיֽוֹן׃Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.Proverbs 30:14 · וְ֝אֶבְיוֹנִ֗יםthere is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.Proverbs 31:9 · וְאֶבְיֽוֹן׃ פOpen your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.Proverbs 31:20 · לָֽאֶבְיֽוֹן׃She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.Isaiah 14:30 · וְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםThen the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.Isaiah 25:4 · לָאֶבְי֖וֹןFor You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,Isaiah 29:19 · וְאֶבְיוֹנֵ֣יThe humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.Isaiah 32:7 · אֶבְי֖וֹןThe weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.Isaiah 41:17 · וְהָאֶבְיוֹנִ֜יםThe poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.Jeremiah 2:34 · אֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםMoreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these thingsJeremiah 5:28 · אֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםThey have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.Jeremiah 20:13 · אֶבְי֖וֹןSing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of evildoers.Jeremiah 22:16 · וְאֶבְי֖וֹןHe took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.Amos 2:6 · וְאֶבְי֖וֹןThis is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.Amos 4:1 · אֶבְיוֹנִ֑יםHear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”Amos 5:12 · וְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםFor I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.Amos 8:4 · אֶבְי֑וֹןHear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,Amos 8:6 · וְאֶבְי֖וֹןLet us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”