אֶבְיוֹן (ev.yon) means “needy” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: eb-yone' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
אֶבְיוֹן · ev.yon · needy
1) in want, needy, chiefly poor, needy person 2) subject to oppression and abuse 3) needing help, deliverance from trouble, especially as delivered by God 4) general reference to lowest class
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from H14 (אָבָה), in the sense of want (especially in feeling); destitute
KJV glosses: beggar, needy, poor (man).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and needy | 19 |
| the needy | 10 |
| of the needy | 6 |
| and the needy | 4 |
| to the needy | 3 |
| to the poor | 3 |
| for the needy | 2 |
| poor | 2 |
| a poor man | 1 |
| and poor | 1 |
| and the poor | 1 |
| from your poor | 1 |
| her poor | 1 |
| of the needy one | 1 |
| of the oppressed | 1 |
| or a needy man | 1 |
| so that the poor | 1 |
| to be poor | 1 |
| you deprive the poor | 1 |
| your poor | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and needy | 17 |
| the needy | 5 |
| and the needy | 4 |
| of the needy | 4 |
| of the poor | 4 |
| the poor | 3 |
| to the poor | 3 |
| and the poor | 2 |
| for the poor | 2 |
| to the needy | 2 |
| against thy poor | 1 |
| and poor | 1 |
| and to thy needy | 1 |
| even when the needy | 1 |
| for the needy | 1 |
| from thy poor | 1 |
| her poor | 1 |
| if there be among you a poor man | 1 |
| of thy poor | 1 |
| on the poor | 1 |
| or any poor | 1 |
| still that the poor | 1 |
| the beggar | 1 |
| when there shall be no poor | 1 |
| yet setteth he the poor | 1 |
Page 1 of 2. 58 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
Read word by wordbut in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.
Read word by wordThere will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance,
Read word by wordIf there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
Read word by wordBe careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
Read word by wordFor there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.
Read word by wordDo not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
Read word by wordHe raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
Read word by wordas the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.
Read word by wordHe saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.
Read word by wordThey push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
Read word by wordWhen daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
Read word by wordI was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
Read word by wordHave I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
Read word by wordif I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,
Read word by wordFor the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 9.19
“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.6
All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
Read word by wordThe wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
Read word by wordBut I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 40.18
both low and high, rich and poor alike.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 49.3
For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 69.34
But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 70.6
May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
Read word by wordFor he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
Read word by wordHe will take pity on the poor and needy and save the lives of the oppressed.
Read word by wordDo not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.
Read word by wordRescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.
Read word by wordA prayer of David. Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
Read word by wordBut He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.
Read word by wordFor he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
Read word by wordFor I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
Read word by wordFor He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
Read word by wordHe has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
Read word by wordHe raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
Read word by wordI will bless her with abundant provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.
Read word by wordI know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 140.13
Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
Read word by wordthere is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
Read word by wordOpen your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
Read word by wordShe opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.
Read word by wordThen the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.
Read word by wordFor You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,
Read word by wordThe humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Read word by wordThe weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
Read word by wordThe poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Read word by wordMoreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
Read word by wordThey have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
Read word by wordSing to the LORD! Praise the LORD! For He rescues the life of the needy from the hands of evildoers.
Read word by wordHe took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.
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