Strong's Hebrew #34 - אֶבְיוֹן ebyon (in want)

beggar, needy, poor man

From 'abah, in the sense of want (especially in feeling); destitute -- beggar, needy, poor (man).

see HEBREW 'abah

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
Part of Speech: adjective
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H14, in the sense of want (especially in feeling)
Same Word by TWOT Number: 3a

אֶבְיוֺן adjective in want, needy, poor, — so, always absolute, Deuteronomy 15:4 40t; אֶבְיֹנְךָ Exodus 23:6; Deuteronomy 15:11; אֶבְיוֺנִים Amos 4:1 14t.; (אֶבְיֹנֵי) אֶבְיוֺנֵי Exodus 23:11; Isaiah 29:19; אֶבְיוֺנֶיהָ Psalm 132:15—; (Hexateuch only J E D; mostly poetry, 23 t. Psalms) needy, chiefly poor (in material things); as adjective Deuteronomy 15:7 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 15:9; Deuteronomy 24:14; Psalm 109:16 (both "" עָנִי); elsewhere substantive; Psalm 49:3 ("" עָשִׁיר); Deuteronomy 15:4,11; subject to oppression & abuse Amos 2:6; Amos 5:12 (both "" צַדִּיק) Amos 4:1; Amos 8:6 (all "" דַּל) Isaiah 32:7; Amos 8:4; Ezekiel 16:49; Ezekiel 18:12; Ezekiel 22:29; Psalm 37:14; Job 24:4,14; Proverbs 30:14 — compare Psalm 109:16 above — (all "" עָנִי) Jeremiah 5:28 ("" יָתוֺם) Jeremiah 2:34; cared for by good Job 29:16; Job 30:25 ("" קְשֵׁהיֿוֺם) Job 31:19; Psalm 112:9; Esther 9:22; Proverbs 14:31 ("" דַּל) Proverbs 31:20; Jeremiah 22:16 ("" עָנִי); care of them enjoined, negatively Exodus 23:6; — compare Deuteronomy 24:14 above — positively Exodus 23:11; Deuteronomy 15:11; Proverbs 31:9 (both "" עָנִי) — compare Deuteronomy 15:7 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 15:9 above — Psalm 82:4 ("" דַּל); cared for by God Jeremiah 20:13; Psalm 107:41; Psalm 132:15; Job 5:15; 1 Samuel 2:8 = Psalm 113:7; Isaiah 14:30 (all "" דַּל) Psalm 35:10; Psalm 140:13 (both "" עָנִי), compare Davidic king Psalm 72:12 ("" עָנִי) = Psalm 72:4 ׳בְּנֵי אֶבְ ("" id.), Psalm 72:13 (twice in verse); ("" דַּל); needing help, deliverance from trouble, especially as delivered by God Psalm 9:19; Psalm 12:6; Psalm 40:18 = Psalm 70:6; Psalm 74:21; Psalm 86:1; Psalm 109:22; Isaiah 29:19; Isaiah 41:17 (all "" עָנִי) Isaiah 25:4 ("" דַּל) Psalm 69:34; Psalm 109:31.

Strong's Hebrew: 34. אֶבְיוֹן (ebyon) — 61 Occurrences

Exodus 23:6
HEB: תַטֶּ֛ה מִשְׁפַּ֥ט אֶבְיֹנְךָ֖ בְּרִיבֽוֹ׃
NAS: the justice [due] to your needy [brother] in his dispute.
KJV: the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
INT: pervert the justice your needy his dispute

Exodus 23:11
HEB: וּנְטַשְׁתָּ֗הּ וְאָֽכְלוּ֙ אֶבְיֹנֵ֣י עַמֶּ֔ךָ וְיִתְרָ֕ם
NAS: and lie fallow, so that the needy of your people
KJV: and lie still; that the poor of thy people
INT: and lie may eat the needy of your people leave

Deuteronomy 15:4
HEB: יִֽהְיֶה־ בְּךָ֖ אֶבְי֑וֹן כִּֽי־ בָרֵ֤ךְ
NAS: there will be no poor among you, since
KJV: Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD
INT: will be no become poor since will surely

Deuteronomy 15:7
HEB: יִהְיֶה֩ בְךָ֨ אֶבְי֜וֹן מֵאַחַ֤ד אַחֶ֙יךָ֙
NAS: If there is a poor man with you, one
KJV: If there be among you a poor man of one
INT: If become poor one of your brothers

Deuteronomy 15:7
HEB: יָ֣דְךָ֔ מֵאָחִ֖יךָ הָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃
NAS: there is a poor man with you, one
KJV: thine hand from thy poor brother:
INT: your hand brother man

Deuteronomy 15:9
HEB: עֵֽינְךָ֗ בְּאָחִ֙יךָ֙ הָֽאֶבְי֔וֹן וְלֹ֥א תִתֵּ֖ן
NAS: is hostile toward your poor brother,
KJV: be evil against thy poor brother,
INT: eye brother your poor nothing give

Deuteronomy 15:11
HEB: לֹא־ יֶחְדַּ֥ל אֶבְי֖וֹן מִקֶּ֣רֶב הָאָ֑רֶץ
NAS: For the poor will never cease
KJV: For the poor shall never cease out of
INT: will never cease the poor of the land

Deuteronomy 15:11
HEB: לְאָחִ֧יךָ לַעֲנִיֶּ֛ךָ וּלְאֶבְיֹנְךָ֖ בְּאַרְצֶֽךָ׃ ס
KJV: to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
INT: to your brother to your needy the poor the land

Deuteronomy 24:14
HEB: שָׂכִ֖יר עָנִ֣י וְאֶבְי֑וֹן מֵאַחֶ֕יךָ א֧וֹ
NAS: [who is] poor and needy, whether
KJV: [that is] poor and needy, [whether he be] of thy brethren,
INT: A hired poor and needy of your countrymen or

1 Samuel 2:8
HEB: מֵֽאַשְׁפֹּת֙ יָרִ֣ים אֶבְי֔וֹן לְהוֹשִׁיב֙ עִם־
NAS: He lifts the needy from the ash
KJV: [and] lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill,
INT: the ash lifts the needy sit with

Esther 9:22
HEB: לְרֵעֵ֔הוּ וּמַתָּנ֖וֹת לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִֽים׃
NAS: another and gifts to the poor.
KJV: to another, and gifts to the poor.
INT: another and gifts to the poor

Job 5:15
HEB: וּמִיַּ֖ד חָזָ֣ק אֶבְיֽוֹן׃
NAS: of their mouth, And the poor from the hand
KJV: But he saveth the poor from the sword,
INT: the hand of the mighty and the poor

Job 24:4
HEB: יַטּ֣וּ אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים מִדָּ֑רֶךְ יַ֥חַד
NAS: They push the needy aside
KJV: They turn the needy out of the way:
INT: push the needy the road altogether

Job 24:14
HEB: יִֽקְטָל־ עָנִ֥י וְאֶבְי֑וֹן וּ֝בַלַּ֗יְלָה יְהִ֣י
NAS: the poor and the needy, And at night
KJV: the poor and needy, and in the night
INT: kills the poor and the needy night is as

Job 29:16
HEB: אָ֣ב אָ֭נֹכִֽי לָֽאֶבְיוֹנִ֑ים וְרִ֖ב לֹא־
NAS: I was a father to the needy, And I investigated
KJV: I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause
INT: was a father I to the needy the case did not

Job 30:25
HEB: עָֽגְמָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃
NAS: Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
KJV: grieved for the poor?
INT: grieved any to the poor

Job 31:19
HEB: וְאֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃
NAS: of clothing, Or that the needy had no
KJV: for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
INT: had covering the needy

Psalm 9:18
HEB: לָ֭נֶצַח יִשָּׁכַ֣ח אֶבְי֑וֹן תִּקְוַ֥ת [עֲנָוִים
NAS: For the needy will not always
KJV: For the needy shall not alway
INT: always be forgotten the needy the hope humble

Psalm 12:5
HEB: עֲנִיִּים֮ מֵאַנְקַ֪ת אֶבְי֫וֹנִ֥ים עַתָּ֣ה אָ֭קוּם
NAS: of the groaning of the needy, Now
KJV: for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise,
INT: of the afflicted of the groaning of the needy Now will arise

Psalm 35:10
HEB: מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וְעָנִ֥י וְ֝אֶבְי֗וֹן מִגֹּזְלֽוֹ׃
NAS: for him, And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs
KJV: for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth
INT: is too and the afflicted and the needy robs

Psalm 37:14
HEB: לְ֭הַפִּיל עָנִ֣י וְאֶבְי֑וֹן לִ֝טְב֗וֹחַ יִשְׁרֵי־
NAS: the afflicted and the needy, To slay
KJV: the poor and needy, [and] to slay
INT: to cast the afflicted and the needy to slay who

Psalm 40:17
HEB: וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ עָנִ֣י וְאֶבְיוֹן֮ אֲדֹנָ֪י יַחֲשָׁ֫ב
NAS: Since I am afflicted and needy, Let the Lord
KJV: But I [am] poor and needy; [yet] the Lord
INT: I am afflicted and needy the Lord be mindful

Psalm 49:2
HEB: יַ֝֗חַד עָשִׁ֥יר וְאֶבְיֽוֹן׃
NAS: and high, Rich and poor together.
KJV: and high, rich and poor, together.
INT: together Rich and poor

Psalm 69:33
HEB: שֹׁמֵ֣עַ אֶל־ אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים יְהוָ֑ה וְאֶת־
NAS: hears the needy And does not despise
KJV: heareth the poor, and despiseth
INT: hears about the needy the LORD prisoners

Psalm 70:5
HEB: וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ עָנִ֣י וְאֶבְיוֹן֮ אֱלֹהִ֪ים חֽוּשָׁ֫ה־
NAS: But I am afflicted and needy; Hasten
KJV: But I [am] poor and needy: make haste
INT: I afflicted and needy God Hasten

Psalm 72:4
HEB: י֭וֹשִׁיעַ לִבְנֵ֣י אֶבְי֑וֹן וִֽידַכֵּ֣א עוֹשֵֽׁק׃
NAS: the children of the needy And crush
KJV: the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces
INT: Save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor

Psalm 72:12
HEB: כִּֽי־ יַ֭צִּיל אֶבְי֣וֹן מְשַׁוֵּ֑עַ וְ֝עָנִ֗י
NAS: For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help,
KJV: For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth;
INT: for will deliver the needy cries the afflicted

Psalm 72:13
HEB: עַל־ דַּ֣ל וְאֶבְי֑וֹן וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹת אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים
NAS: on the poor and needy, And the lives
KJV: the poor and needy, and shall save
INT: on the poor and needy and the lives of the needy

Psalm 72:13
HEB: וְאֶבְי֑וֹן וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹת אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים יוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃
NAS: And the lives of the needy he will save.
KJV: and shall save the souls of the needy.
INT: and needy and the lives of the needy will save

Psalm 74:21
HEB: נִכְלָ֑ם עָנִ֥י וְ֝אֶבְי֗וֹן יְֽהַלְל֥וּ שְׁמֶֽךָ׃
NAS: Let the afflicted and needy praise
KJV: let the poor and needy praise
INT: dishonored the afflicted and needy praise your name

Psalm 82:4
HEB: פַּלְּטוּ־ דַ֥ל וְאֶבְי֑וֹן מִיַּ֖ד רְשָׁעִ֣ים
NAS: the weak and needy; Deliver
KJV: the poor and needy: rid
INT: Rescue the weak and needy of the hand of the wicked

Psalm 86:1
HEB: כִּֽי־ עָנִ֖י וְאֶבְי֣וֹן אָֽנִי׃
NAS: me; For I am afflicted and needy.
KJV: hear me: for I [am] poor and needy.
INT: For I am afflicted and needy I

Psalm 107:41
HEB: וַיְשַׂגֵּ֣ב אֶבְי֣וֹן מֵע֑וֹנִי וַיָּ֥שֶׂם
NAS: But He sets the needy securely on high
KJV: Yet setteth he the poor on high
INT: sets the needy affliction and makes

Psalm 109:16
HEB: אִישׁ־ עָנִ֣י וְ֭אֶבְיוֹן וְנִכְאֵ֨ה לֵבָ֬ב
NAS: the afflicted and needy man,
KJV: the poor and needy man,
INT: man the afflicted and needy broken heart

Psalm 109:22
HEB: כִּֽי־ עָנִ֣י וְאֶבְי֣וֹן אָנֹ֑כִי וְ֝לִבִּ֗י
NAS: For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart
KJV: For I [am] poor and needy, and my heart
INT: For I am afflicted and needy and my heart

Psalm 109:31
HEB: יַ֭עֲמֹד לִימִ֣ין אֶבְי֑וֹן לְ֝הוֹשִׁ֗יעַ מִשֹּׁפְטֵ֥י
NAS: at the right hand of the needy, To save
KJV: at the right hand of the poor, to save
INT: stands the right of the needy to save judge

Psalm 112:9
HEB: פִּזַּ֤ר ׀ נָ֘תַ֤ן לָאֶבְיוֹנִ֗ים צִ֭דְקָתוֹ עֹמֶ֣דֶת
NAS: freely to the poor, His righteousness
KJV: he hath given to the poor; his righteousness
INT: freely has given to the poor his righteousness endures

Psalm 113:7
HEB: מֵֽ֝אַשְׁפֹּ֗ת יָרִ֥ים אֶבְיֽוֹן׃
NAS: And lifts the needy from the ash
KJV: [and] lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
INT: the ash and lifts the needy

Psalm 132:15
HEB: בָּרֵ֣ךְ אֲבָרֵ֑ךְ אֶ֝בְיוֹנֶ֗יהָ אַשְׂבִּ֥יעַֽ לָֽחֶם׃
NAS: I will satisfy her needy with bread.
KJV: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
INT: will abundantly bless her needy will satisfy bread

Psalm 140:12
HEB: עָנִ֑י מִ֝שְׁפַּ֗ט אֶבְיֹנִֽים׃
NAS: And justice for the poor.
KJV: [and] the right of the poor.
INT: of the afflicted and justice the poor

Proverbs 14:31
HEB: וּ֝מְכַבְּד֗וֹ חֹנֵ֥ן אֶבְיֽוֹן׃
NAS: But he who is gracious to the needy honors
KJV: him hath mercy on the poor.
INT: honors is gracious to the needy

Proverbs 30:14
HEB: עֲנִיִּ֣ים מֵאֶ֑רֶץ וְ֝אֶבְיוֹנִ֗ים מֵאָדָֽם׃ פ
NAS: from the earth And the needy from among men.
KJV: from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.
INT: the afflicted the earth and the needy men

Proverbs 31:9
HEB: וְ֝דִ֗ין עָנִ֥י וְאֶבְיֽוֹן׃ פ
NAS: the rights of the afflicted and needy.
KJV: the cause of the poor and needy.
INT: and defend of the afflicted and needy

Proverbs 31:20
HEB: וְ֝יָדֶ֗יהָ שִׁלְּחָ֥ה לָֽאֶבְיֽוֹן׃
NAS: out her hands to the needy.
KJV: her hands to the needy.
INT: her hand stretches to the needy

Isaiah 14:30
HEB: בְּכוֹרֵ֣י דַלִּ֔ים וְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖ים לָבֶ֣טַח יִרְבָּ֑צוּ
NAS: will eat, And the needy will lie down
KJV: shall feed, and the needy shall lie down
INT: are most helpless and the needy security will lie

Isaiah 25:4
HEB: לַדָּ֛ל מָע֥וֹז לָאֶבְי֖וֹן בַּצַּר־ ל֑וֹ
NAS: A defense for the needy in his distress,
KJV: a strength to the needy in his distress,
INT: the helpless A strength the needy his distress A refuge

Isaiah 29:19
HEB: בַּֽיהוָ֖ה שִׂמְחָ֑ה וְאֶבְיוֹנֵ֣י אָדָ֔ם בִּקְד֥וֹשׁ
NAS: in the LORD, And the needy of mankind
KJV: in the LORD, and the poor among men
INT: the LORD their gladness and the needy of mankind the Holy

Isaiah 32:7
HEB: שֶׁ֔קֶר וּבְדַבֵּ֥ר אֶבְי֖וֹן מִשְׁפָּֽט׃
NAS: with slander, Even though [the] needy one speaks
KJV: words, even when the needy speaketh
INT: lying speaks though needy what

Isaiah 41:17
HEB: הָעֲנִיִּ֨ים וְהָאֶבְיוֹנִ֜ים מְבַקְשִׁ֥ים מַ֙יִם֙
NAS: The afflicted and needy are seeking
KJV: [When] the poor and needy seek water,
INT: the afflicted and needy are seeking water

Jeremiah 2:34
HEB: דַּ֛ם נַפְשׁ֥וֹת אֶבְיוֹנִ֖ים נְקִיִּ֑ים לֹֽא־
NAS: of the innocent poor; You did not find
KJV: of the souls of the poor innocents:
INT: the blood of the souls poor of the innocent not

Jeremiah 5:28
HEB: וְיַצְלִ֑יחוּ וּמִשְׁפַּ֥ט אֶבְיוֹנִ֖ים לֹ֥א שָׁפָֽטוּ׃
NAS: the rights of the poor.
KJV: and the right of the needy do they not judge.
INT: may prosper the rights of the poor not defend

Jeremiah 20:13
HEB: אֶת־ נֶ֥פֶשׁ אֶבְי֖וֹן מִיַּ֥ד מְרֵעִֽים׃
NAS: the soul of the needy one From the hand
KJV: the soul of the poor from the hand
INT: has delivered the soul of the needy the hand of evildoers

Jeremiah 22:16
HEB: דִּין־ עָנִ֥י וְאֶבְי֖וֹן אָ֣ז ט֑וֹב
NAS: of the afflicted and needy; Then
KJV: of the poor and needy; then [it was] well
INT: the cause of the afflicted and needy Then then well

Ezekiel 16:49
HEB: וְיַד־ עָנִ֥י וְאֶבְי֖וֹן לֹ֥א הֶחֱזִֽיקָה׃
NAS: the poor and needy.
KJV: the hand of the poor and needy.
INT: the hand the poor and needy not strengthen

Ezekiel 18:12
HEB: עָנִ֤י וְאֶבְיוֹן֙ הוֹנָ֔ה גְּזֵל֣וֹת
NAS: the poor and needy, commits
KJV: the poor and needy, hath spoiled
INT: the poor and needy oppresses robbery

Ezekiel 22:29
HEB: גָּזֵ֑ל וְעָנִ֤י וְאֶבְיוֹן֙ הוֹנ֔וּ וְאֶת־
NAS: the poor and needy and have oppressed
KJV: the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed
INT: robbery the poor and needy have wronged the sojourner

Amos 2:6
HEB: בַּכֶּ֙סֶף֙ צַדִּ֔יק וְאֶבְי֖וֹן בַּעֲב֥וּר נַעֲלָֽיִם׃
NAS: for money And the needy for a pair of sandals.
KJV: for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
INT: money the righteous and the needy because of of sandals

Amos 4:1
HEB: דַּלִּ֔ים הָרֹצְצ֖וֹת אֶבְיוֹנִ֑ים הָאֹמְרֹ֥ת לַאֲדֹֽנֵיהֶ֖ם
NAS: who crush the needy, Who say
KJV: which crush the needy, which say
INT: the poor crush the needy say to your husbands

Amos 5:12
HEB: לֹ֣קְחֵי כֹ֔פֶר וְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖ים בַּשַּׁ֥עַר הִטּֽוּ׃
NAS: And turn aside the poor in the gate.
KJV: and they turn aside the poor in the gate
INT: accept bribes the poor the gate and turn

Amos 8:4
HEB: זֹ֕את הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֖ים אֶבְי֑וֹן וְלַשְׁבִּ֖ית [עַנְוֵי־
NAS: you who trample the needy, to do away
KJV: this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make
INT: who trample the needy to do humble

Amos 8:6
HEB: בַּכֶּ֙סֶף֙ דַּלִּ֔ים וְאֶבְי֖וֹן בַּעֲב֣וּר נַעֲלָ֑יִם
NAS: for money And the needy for a pair of sandals,
KJV: for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
INT: money the helpless and the needy because of of sandals