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 · אֶבְיֹנְךָ֖‘Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;Exodus 23:11 · אֶבְיֹנֵ֣יand the seventh thou dost release it, and hast left it, and the needy of thy people have eaten, and their leaving doth the beast of the field eat; so dost thou to thy vineyard—to thine olive-yard.Deuteronomy 15:4 · אֶבְי֑וֹןonly when there is no needy one with thee, for Jehovah doth greatly bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee—an inheritance to possess it.Deuteronomy 15:7 · אֶבְי֜וֹן · הָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃‘When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;Deuteronomy 15:9 · הָֽאֶבְי֔וֹןTake heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart—worthless, saying, Near is the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;Deuteronomy 15:11 · אֶבְי֖וֹן · וּלְאֶבְיֹנְךָ֖because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.Deuteronomy 24:14 · וְאֶבְי֑וֹן‘Thou dost not oppress a hireling, poor and needy, of thy brethren or of thy sojourner who is in thy land within thy gates;1 Samuel 2:8 · אֶבְי֔וֹןHe raiseth from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He lifteth up the needy, To cause them to sit with nobles, Yea, a throne of honour He doth cause them to inherit, For to Jehovah are the fixtures of earth, And He setteth on them the habitable world.Esther 9:22 · לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִֽים׃as days on which the Jews have rested from their enemies, and the month that hath been turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning to a good day, to make them days of banquet and of joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the needy.Job 5:15 · אֶבְיֽוֹן׃And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy,Job 24:4 · אֶבְיוֹנִ֣יםThey turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.Job 24:14 · וְאֶבְי֑וֹןAt the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.Job 29:16 · לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִ֑יםA father I am to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.Job 30:25 · לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃Did not I weep for him whose day is hard? Grieved hath my soul for the needy.Job 31:19 · לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃If I see any perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy,Psalm 9:18 · אֶבְי֑וֹןFor not for ever is the needy forgotten, The hope of the humble lost to the age.Psalm 12:5 · אֶבְי֫וֹנִ֥יםBecause of the spoiling of the poor, Because of the groaning of the needy, Now do I arise, saith Jehovah, I set in safety him who doth breathe for it.Psalm 35:10 · וְ֝אֶבְי֗וֹןAll my bones say, ‘Jehovah, who is like Thee, Delivering the poor from the stronger than he, And the poor and needy from his plunderer.’Psalm 37:14 · וְאֶבְי֑וֹןA sword have the wicked opened, And they have trodden their bow, To cause to fall the poor and needy, To slaughter the upright of the way.Psalm 40:17 · וְאֶבְיוֹן֮And I am poor and needy, The Lord doth devise for me. My help and my deliverer art Thou, O my God, tarry Thou not.Psalm 49:2 · וְאֶבְיֽוֹן׃Both low and high, together rich and needy.Psalm 69:33 · אֶבְיוֹנִ֣יםFor Jehovah hearkeneth unto the needy, And His bound ones He hath not despised.Psalm 70:5 · וְאֶבְיוֹן֮And I am poor and needy, O God, haste to me, My help and my deliverer art Thou, O Jehovah, tarry Thou not!Psalm 72:4 · אֶבְי֑וֹןHe judgeth the poor of the people, Giveth deliverance to the sons of the needy, And bruiseth the oppressor.Psalm 72:12 · אֶבְי֣וֹןFor he delivereth the needy who crieth, And the poor when he hath no helper,Psalm 72:13 · וְאֶבְי֑וֹן · אֶבְיוֹנִ֣יםHe hath pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he saveth,Psalm 74:21 · וְ֝אֶבְי֗וֹןLet not the oppressed turn back ashamed, Let the poor and needy praise Thy name,Psalm 82:4 · וְאֶבְי֑וֹןLet the weak and needy escape, From the hand of the wicked deliver them.Psalm 86:1 · וְאֶבְי֣וֹןA Prayer of David. Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, Answer me, for I am poor and needy.Psalm 107:41 · אֶבְי֣וֹןAnd setteth on high the needy from affliction, And placeth families as a flock.Psalm 109:16 · וְ֭אֶבְיוֹןBecause that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart—to slay,Psalm 109:22 · וְאֶבְי֣וֹןFor I am poor and needy, And my heart hath been pierced in my midst.Psalm 109:31 · אֶבְי֑וֹןFor He standeth at the right hand of the needy, To save from those judging his soul.Psalm 112:9 · לָאֶבְיוֹנִ֗יםHe hath scattered—hath given to the needy, His righteousness is standing for ever, His horn is exalted with honour.Psalm 113:7 · אֶבְיֽוֹן׃He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy.Psalm 132:15 · אֶ֝בְיוֹנֶ֗יהָHer provision I greatly bless, Her needy ones I satisfy with bread,Psalm 140:12 · אֶבְיֹנִֽים׃I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.Proverbs 14:31 · אֶבְיֽוֹן׃An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.Proverbs 30:14 · וְ֝אֶבְיוֹנִ֗יםA generation—swords are their teeth, And knives—their jaw-teeth, To consume the poor from earth, And the needy from among men.Proverbs 31:9 · וְאֶבְיֽוֹן׃ פOpen thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!’Proverbs 31:20 · לָֽאֶבְיֽוֹן׃Her hand she hath spread forth to the poor, Yea, her hands she sent forth to the needy.Isaiah 14:30 · וְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםAnd delighted have the first-born of the poor, And the needy in confidence lie down, And I have put to death with famine thy root, And thy remnant it slayeth.Isaiah 25:4 · לָאֶבְי֖וֹןFor Thou hast been a stronghold for the poor, A stronghold for the needy in his distress, A refuge from storm, a shadow from heat, When the spirit of the terrible is as a storm—a wall.Isaiah 29:19 · וְאֶבְיוֹנֵ֣יAnd the humble have added joy in Jehovah, And the poor among men In the Holy One of Israel rejoice.Isaiah 32:7 · אֶבְי֖וֹןAnd the miser—his instruments are evil, He hath counselled wicked devices, To corrupt the poor with lying sayings, Even when the needy speaketh justly.Isaiah 41:17 · וְהָאֶבְיוֹנִ֜יםThe poor and the needy are seeking water, And there is none, Their tongue with thirst hath failed, I, Jehovah do answer them, The God of Israel—I forsake them not.Jeremiah 2:34 · אֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםAlso in thy skirts hath been found the blood of innocent needy souls, Not by digging have I found them, but upon all these.Jeremiah 5:28 · אֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםThey have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless—and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.Jeremiah 20:13 · אֶבְי֖וֹןSing ye to Jehovah, praise Jehovah, For He hath delivered the soul of the needy From the hand of evil doers.Jeremiah 22:16 · וְאֶבְי֖וֹןHe decided the cause of the poor and needy, Then it is well—is it not to know Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.Amos 2:6 · וְאֶבְי֖וֹןThus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their selling for silver the righteous, And the needy for a pair of sandals.Amos 4:1 · אֶבְיוֹנִ֑יםHear this word, ye kine of Bashan, Who are in the mountain of Samaria, Who are oppressing the poor, Who are bruising the needy, Who are saying to their lords: ‘Bring in, and we do drink.’Amos 5:12 · וְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםFor I have known—many are your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside.Amos 8:4 · אֶבְי֑וֹןHear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,Amos 8:6 · וְאֶבְי֖וֹןTo purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.