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# אוֹן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H202

**vigour** — used 12 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

vigour [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/202/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אוֹן: n.m. vigour, wealth [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/202/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. vigour, wealth—abs. Ho 12:9, sf. אוֹנִי Gn 49:3 + etc.; pl. אוֹנִים ψ 78:51 +. manly vigour בְּאוֹנוֹ שָׂרָה אֶת־אֱלֹהִים Ho 12:4 (of Jacob); רֵאשִׁית אוֹן beginning of manly vigour Gn 49:3 (of Reuben, first-born of Jacob); Dt 21:17 ψ 105:36 (first-born of Egyptians), so 78:51, רֵאשִׁית אוֹנִים where א׳ is assim. to מִצְרַיִם, or intens. pl. strength of man Jb 18:7, 12; behemoth Jb 40:16; pl. intens. מֵרֹב אוֹנִים Is 40:26 because of the abundance of great strength (of God); of man אֵין אוֹנִים Is 40:29 one not having strength; תּוֹחֶלֶת אוֹנִים Pr 11:7 hope in strength (not the hope of iniquity RV, or of unjust men AV). wealth Jb 20:10 Ho 12:9 מָצָאתִי א׳ לִי (‖ עָשַׁרְתִּי).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (9 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of strength(s) (2); strength (2); wealth (2).

## In the verses

[Job 18:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.18.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.18.7/#tree)

יֵֽ֭צְרוּ צַעֲדֵ֣י אוֹנ֑וֹ וְֽתַשְׁלִיכֵ֥הוּ עֲצָתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* they.are.restricted the.steps his.strength his and it throws.him.down plan\[s\] his.own

*JPS 1917:* The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

[Job 20:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.20.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.20.10/#tree)

בָּ֭נָיו יְרַצּ֣וּ דַלִּ֑ים וְ֝יָדָ֗יו תָּשֵׁ֥בְנָה אוֹנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* children his they.will.seek.the.favor.of poor.\[people\] and his.own hands they.will.return wealth his

*JPS 1917:* His children shall appease the poor, and his hands shall restore his wealth.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/202.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/202/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).