Lexical Definition

‎אֶבְיוֹן‎ ʼebyôwn (eb-yone') needy ^H:A-M
from ‎אָבָה‎, in the sense of want (especially in feeling)

beggar, needy, poor (man).

• destitute

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

See Greek: ἀδύνατος · ἀθυμέω · ἀνάγκη · ἀνήρ · ἀπελπίζω · ἀσθενής · ἐνδεής · πένης · πτωχός · ταπεινός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֶבְיוֺן‎ adjective in want, needy, poor, — so, always absolute, Deut 15:4 + 40 t; ‎אֶבְיֹנְךָ‎ Exod 23:6; Deut 15:11 ‎אֶבְיוֺנִים‎ Amos 4:1 + 14 t.; ‎(אֶבְיֹנֵי) אֶבְיוֺנֵי‎ Exod 23:11; Isa 29:19 ‎אֶבְיוֺנֶיהָ‎ Ps 132:15—; (Hexateuch only J E D; mostly poetry, 23 t. Psalms) needy, chiefly poor (in material things); as adjective Deut 15:7 (twice in verse); Deut 15:9; Deut 24:14; Ps 109:16 (both || ‎עָנִי‎); elsewhere substantive; Ps 49:3* (|| ‎עָשִׁיר‎); Deut 15:4; Deut 15:11 subject to oppression & abuse Amos 2:6; Amos 5:12 (both || ‎צַדִּיק‎) Amos 4:1; Amos 8:6 (all || ‎דַּל‎) Isa 32:7; Amos 8:4; Ezek 16:49; Ezek 18:12; Ezek 22:29; Ps 37:14; Job 24:4; Job 24:14; Prov 30:14 — compare Ps 109:16 above — (all || ‎עָנִי‎) Jer 5:28 (|| ‎יָתוֺם‎) Jer 2:34 cared for by good Job 29:16; Job 30:25 (|| ‎קְשֵׁהיֿוֺם‎) Job 31:19; Ps 112:9; Esth 9:22; Prov 14:31 (|| ‎דַּל‎) Prov 31:20; Jer 22:16 (|| ‎עָנִי‎); care of them enjoined, negatively Exod 23:6 — compare Deut 24:14 above — positively Exod 23:11; Deut 15:11; Prov 31:9 (both || ‎עָנִי‎) — compare Deut 15:7 (twice in verse); Deut 15:9 above — Ps 82:4 (|| ‎דַּל‎); cared for by God Jer 20:13; Ps 107:41; Ps 132:15; Job 5:15; 1Sam 2:8 = Ps 113:7; Isa 14:30 (all || ‎דַּל‎) Ps 35:10; Ps 140:13* (both || ‎עָנִי‎), compare Davidic king Ps 72:12 (|| ‎עָנִי‎) = vPs 72:4 ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי אֶבְ‎ (|| id.), vPs 72:13 (twice in verse); (|| ‎דַּל‎); needing help, deliverance from trouble, especially as delivered by God Ps 9:19*; Ps 12:6*; Ps 40:18* = Ps 70:6*; Ps 74:21; Ps 86:1; Ps 109:22; Isa 29:19; Isa 41:17 (all || ‎עָנִי‎) Isa 25:4 (|| ‎דַּל‎) Ps 69:34*; Ps 109:31.

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