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Proverbs 5:22

“His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

עָוֺןʻâvôn · aw-vone'
H5771 · Hebrew

Definition: perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
Derivation: or עָווֹן; (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (H7 (אֲבַד))), from H5753 (עָוָה);
KJV renderings: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
Grammar: עַֽווֹנוֹתָ֗י — common noun, both genders, plural, construct
ו — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HNcbpc/Sp3ms
Usage: Occurs 232 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:13 Genesis 15:16 Genesis 19:15 Genesis 44:16 Exodus 20:5

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עָוֺן here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.