{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H34",
  "lemma": "אֶבְיוֹן",
  "transliteration": "ʼebyôwn",
  "definition": "destitute",
  "kjv": "beggar, needy, poor (man).",
  "occurrences": 61,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H14",
      "lemma": "אָבָה",
      "transliteration": "ʼâbâh",
      "meaning": "to breathe after",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H14"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "אֶבְיוֹן adj. in want, needy, poor,—so, alw. abs., Dt 15:4 + 40 t.; אֶבְיֹנְךָ Ex 23:6 Dt 15:11; אֶבְיוֹנִים Am 4:1 + 14 t.; אֶבְיוֹנֵי (אֶבְיֹנֵי) Ex 23:11 Is 29:19; אֶבְיוֹנֶיהָ ψ 132:15—(Hex. only JED; mostly poet., 23 t. ψ) needy, chiefly poor (in material things); as adj. Dt 15:7, 7, 9; 24:14 ψ 109:16 (both ∥ עָנִי); elsewhere subst.; ψ 49:3 (∥ עָשִׁיר); Dt 15:4, 11; subj. to oppression & abuse Am 2:6 5:12 (both ∥ צַדִּיק) 4:1 8:6 (all ∥ דַּל) Is 32:7; Am 8:4 Ez 16:49 18:12 22:29 ψ 37:14 Jb 24:4, 14 Pr 30:14—cf. ψ 109:16 supr.—(all ∥ עָנִי) Je 5:28 (∥ יָתוֹם) 2:34; cared for by good Jb 29:16 30:25 (∥ קְשֵׁה־יוֹם) 31:19 ψ 112:9 Est 9:22; Pr 14:31 (∥ דָּל) 31:20 Je 22:16 (∥ עָנִי); care of them enjoined, negatively Ex 23:6;—cf. Dt 24:14 supr.—positively Ex 23:11 Dt 15:11 Pr 31:9 (both ∥ עָנִי)—cf. Dt 15:7, 7, 9 supr.—ψ 82:4 (∥ דַל); cared for by God Je 20:13 ψ 107:41 132:15 Jb 5:15; I S 2:8 = ψ 113:7 Is 14:30 (all ∥ דַּל) ψ 35:10 140:13 (both ∥ עָנִי), cf. Davidic king ψ 72:12 (∥ עָנִי) = v 4 בְנֵי אֶבְ׳ (∥ id.), v 13, 13 (∥ דַּל); needing help, deliverance from trouble, esp. as delivered by God ψ 9:19 12:6 40:18 = 70:6 74:21 86:1 109:22 Is 29:19 41:17 (all ∥ עָנִי) Is 25:4 (∥ דַּל) ψ 69:34 109:31."
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 23:6",
      "text": "“You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/23?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 23:11",
      "text": "but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/23?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 15:4",
      "text": "However there will be no poor with you (for the LORD will surely bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/15?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 15:7",
      "text": "If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which the LORD your God gives…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/15?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 15:9",
      "text": "Beware that there not be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,”…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/15?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 15:11",
      "text": "For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/15?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 24:14",
      "text": "You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/24?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 2:8",
      "text": "He raises up the poor out of the dust. He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to make them sit with princes and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/2?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 14:30",
      "text": "The firstborn of the poor will eat, and the needy will lie down in safety; and I will kill your root with famine, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/14?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 25:4",
      "text": "For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/25?v=4"
    }
  ],
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