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title: אוֹן — vigour · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אוֹן (202), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: vigour. BDB 1906: n.m. vigour, wealth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אוֹן

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«אוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **vigour** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 12 times · **Key:** 202 · **BDB:** אוֹן

### Glosses

of.strength(s) (2); strength (2); wealth (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/202/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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