אֶבְיוֹן H34
H34 is the Hebrew word אֶבְיוֹן, transliterated ʼebyôwn and said eb-yone'. The King James Version most often renders it needy.
What it means
destitute.
Where it comes from
from H14 (אָבָה), in the sense of want (especially in feeling).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 52 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: beggar, needy, poor (man).
Verses using אֶבְיוֹן
The first 40 of 50 verses, quoted in full.
Exodus 23:6 · KJV
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Exodus 23:11 · KJV
But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
Deuteronomy 15:4 · KJV
Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:
Deuteronomy 15:7 · KJV
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
Deuteronomy 15:9 · KJV
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
Deuteronomy 15:11 · KJV
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Deuteronomy 24:14 · KJV
Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
1 Samuel 2:8 · KJV
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
Job 5:15 · KJV
But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.
Job 24:4 · KJV
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
Job 24:14 · KJV
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Job 29:16 · KJV
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Job 31:19 · KJV
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
Psalm 9:18 · KJV
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Psalm 12:5 · KJV
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Psalm 35:10 · KJV
All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
Psalm 37:14 · KJV
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
Psalm 40:17 · KJV
But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
Psalm 49:2 · KJV
Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
Psalm 69:33 · KJV
For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
Psalm 70:5 · KJV
But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
Psalm 72:4 · KJV
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Psalm 72:12 · KJV
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
Psalm 72:13 · KJV
He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
Psalm 74:21 · KJV
O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Psalm 82:4 · KJV
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
Psalm 107:41 · KJV
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
Psalm 109:16 · KJV
Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
Psalm 109:22 · KJV
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
Psalm 109:31 · KJV
For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
Psalm 112:9 · KJV
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
Psalm 113:7 · KJV
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
Psalm 132:15 · KJV
I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
Proverbs 30:14 · KJV
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Isaiah 14:30 · KJV
And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
Isaiah 25:4 · KJV
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Isaiah 29:19 · KJV
The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 32:7 · KJV
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
Isaiah 41:17 · KJV
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
Jeremiah 2:34 · KJV
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
Common questions
What does Strong's H34 mean?
H34 is the Hebrew word אֶבְיוֹן (ʼebyôwn), meaning destitute.
How is H34 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it needy (29 times), poor (15 times), still that the poor (1 time), no poor (1 time), among you a poor man (1 time), among others.
How many times does H34 appear in the Bible?
אֶבְיוֹן (ʼebyôwn) is tagged in 50 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H34 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H14 (אָבָה), in the sense of want (especially in feeling).
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