Lexical Summary ebyon: in want, needy, poor Original Word: אֶבְיוֹןTransliteration: ebyon Phonetic Spelling: (eb-yone') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: in want, needy, poor Meaning: in want, needy, poor Strong's Concordance beggar, needy, poor man From 'abah, in the sense of want (especially in feeling); destitute -- beggar, needy, poor (man). see HEBREW 'abah Brown-Driver-Briggs H34. ebyon אֶבְיוֺן adjective in want, needy, poor, — so, always absolute, Deuteronomy 15:4 40t; אֶבְיֹנְךָ Exodus 23:6; Deuteronomy 15:11; אֶבְיוֺנִים Amos 4:1 14t.; אֶבְיוֺנֵי (אֶבְיֹנֵי) Exodus 23:11; Isaiah 29:19; אֶבְיוֺנֶיהָ Psalm 132:15—; (Hexateuch only J E D; mostly poetry, 23 t. Psalms) needy, chiefly poor (in material things); as adjective Deuteronomy 15:7 (twice in verse); 15:9; 24:14; Psalm 109:16 (both "" עָנִי); elsewhere substantive; 49:3 ("" עָשִׁיר); Deuteronomy 15:4, 11; subject to oppression & abuse Amos 2:6; 5:12 (both "" צַדִּיק) 4:1; 8:6 (all "" דַּל) Isaiah 32:7; Amos 8:4; Ezekiel 16:49; 18:12; 22:29; Psalm 37:14; Job 24:4, 14; Proverbs 30:14 — compare Psalm 109:16 above — (all "" עָנִי) Jeremiah 5:28 ("" יָתוֺם) 2:34; cared for by good Job 29:16; 30:25 ("" קְשֵׁהיֿוֺם) 31:19; Psalm 112:9; Esther 9:22; Proverbs 14:31 ("" דַּל) 31:20; Jeremiah 22:16 ("" עָנִי); care of them enjoined, negatively Exodus 23:6; — compare Deuteronomy 24:14 above — positively Exodus 23:11; Deuteronomy 15:11; Proverbs 31:9 (both "" עָנִי) — compare Deuteronomy 15:7 (twice in verse); 15:9 above — Psalm 82:4 ("" דַּל); cared for by God Jeremiah 20:13; Psalm 107:41; 132:15; Job 5:15; 1 Samuel 2:8 = Psalm 113:7; Isaiah 14:30 (all "" דַּל) Psalm 35:10; 140:13 (both "" עָנִי), compare Davidic king 72:12 ("" עָנִי) = 72:4 אֶבְ ׳בְּנֵי ("" id.), 72:13 (twice in verse); ("" דַּל); needing help, deliverance from trouble, especially as delivered by God 9:19; 12:6; Psalm 40:18 = Psalm 70:6; 74:21; 86:1; 109:22; Isaiah 29:19; 41:17 (all "" עָנִי) 25:4 ("" דַּל) Psalm 69:34; 109:31. |