Strong's Hebrew · H34
אֶבְיוֹן
ʼebyôwn · eb-yone'
Definitiondestitute
Derivationfrom H14 (אָבָה), in the sense of want (especially in feeling);
KJV usagebeggar, needy, poor (man).
Occurrences61 in the KJV · 58 verses
אֶבְיוֹן in Scripture
Exodus 23:6
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Exodus 23:11
But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
Deuteronomy 15:4
Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:
Deuteronomy 15:7
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
Deuteronomy 15:9
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
Deuteronomy 15:11
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Deuteronomy 24:14
Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
1 Samuel 2:8
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD' s, and he hath set the world upon them.
Esther 9:22
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
Job 5:15
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Job 24:4
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
Job 24:14
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
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