אוֹן ʼôwn
Meaning
ability, power, (figuratively) wealth
In the King James Version: force, goods, might, strength, substance.
Derivation: probably from the same as H205 (אָוֶן) (in the sense of effort, but successful);
Where it is used
- Genesis 49:3 Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
- Deuteronomy 21:17 Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.
- Job 18:7 His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
- Job 18:12 His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.
- Job 20:10 His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.
- Job 40:16 See the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly.
- Psalms 78:51 He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.
- Psalms 105:36 Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.
- Proverbs 11:7 When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.
- Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
- Isaiah 40:29 He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
- Hosea 12:3 In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
- Hosea 12:8 And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”