--- title: אֶבְיוֹן — in want · The Tanakh dictionary description: אֶבְיוֹן (34), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 61 times: in want. BDB 1906: adj. in want, needy, poor. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/34.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1488.md)‎ / אֶבְיוֹן‎ # אֶבְיוֹן «אֶבְיוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **in want** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 61 times · **Key:** 34 · **BDB:** אֶבְיוֹן ### Glosses needy (22); \[the\].needy (10); needy.\[people\] (7) ### Meaning (OSHB) in want [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/34/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) adj. in want, needy, poor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/34/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** adj. in want, needy, poor,—so, always abs., Dt 15:4 + 40 times; אֶבְיֹנְךָ Ex 23:6 Dt 15:11; אֶבְיוֹנִים Am 4:1 + 14 times; אֶבְיוֹנֵי (אֶבְיֹנֵי) Ex 23:11 Is 29:19; אֶבְיוֹנֶיהָ ψ 132:15—(Hex. only JED; mostly poet., 23 times ψ) needy, chiefly poor (in material things); as adj. Dt 15:7(×2), 9; 24:14 ψ 109:16 (both ‖ עָנִי); elsewhere subst.; ψ 49:3 (‖ עָשׁיר); 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 (‖ דַּל) 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(×2), 9 supr.—ψ 82:4 (‖ דַּל); cared for by God Je 20:13 ψ 107:41; 132:15 Jb 5:15; 1 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 בְּנֵי אֶבְ׳ (‖ id.), v 13(×2) (‖ דַּל); needing help, deliverance from trouble, especially 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. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 58 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «אֶבְיוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/34/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Exodus 23:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.23.6/) לֹ֥א תַטֶּ֛ה מִשְׁפַּ֥ט אֶבְיֹנְךָ֖ בְּרִיבֽוֹ׃ *Word for word:* not you.must.turn.aside the.justice of your.needy.\[person\] in his.case at.law *JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. [Job 24:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.24.4/) יַטּ֣וּ אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים מִדָּ֑רֶךְ יַ֥חַד חֻ֝בְּא֗וּ עֲנִיֵּי־אָֽרֶץ׃ *Word for word:* they.thrust.aside needy.\[people\] from.\[the\] path together they.are.made.to.hide.themselves \[the\].poor.\[people\] of.\[the\].earth *JPS 1917:* They turn the needy out of the way; the poor of the earth hide themselves together. - ← previous: [אֲבִיהַיִל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/32.md) - next →: [אֲבִיּוֹנָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/35.md) - ↑ back to [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1488.md)