Lexical Definition

‎הוֹן‎ hôwn (hone) substance ^H:N-M
from the same as ‎הוּן‎ in the sense of ‎אוֹן‎

enough, [phrase] for nought, riches, substance, wealth.

• wealth
• by implication, enough

n m
1) wealth, riches, substance
1a) wealth
1b) price, high value
interj
2) enough!, sufficiency

See Greek: ἀρκέω · βίος · δόξα · δύναμις · ἱκανός · ἰσχύς · κτῆμα · κτίσις · πλουτέω · πλοῦτος · τιμή · ὕπαρξις

Extended Information

• interj

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎הוֺן‎ noun masculine^{Prov 8:18}, wealth, sufficiency (in poetry, almost wholly Wisdom Literature, especially Proverbs; compare I. ‎אוֺן‎ above) — absolute ‎הוֺן‎ Prov 1:13 + 15 t. + Ezek 27:12; Ezek 27:18 (where ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Co ‎הוֺנֵךְ‎); construct Prov 6:31 + 3 t.; suffix ‎הוֺנָ֑ךָ‎ Prov 3:9 ‎הוֺנֵךְ‎ Ezek 27:27 + vEzek 27:12 vEzek 27:18 Co; ‎הוֺנוֺ‎ Prov 28:8 plural suffix ‎הוֺנַיִךְ‎ Ezek 27:33 —
l. wealth Ps 112:3 (|| ‎עשֶׁר‎) Prov 8:18 (|| id.) Prov 1:13 (|| ‎שָׁלָל‎) compare ‎הוֺן עָשִׁיר‎ Prov 10:15 (opposed to ‎דַּלִּים‎), Prov 18:11; Prov 3:9 (|| ‎רֵאשִׁית כָּלתְּֿבוּאָתָ֑ךָ‎) ‎הוֺן בֵּיתוֺ‎ Prov 6:31; Song 8:7 ‎בַּיִת וָהוֺן‎ Prov 19:14 see Prov 19:4 (opposed to ‎דָּל‎) Prov 28:8 (opposed to ‎דַּלִּים‎); also Ps 119:14; Prov 11:4; Prov 12:27; Prov 13:7; Prov 13:11; Prov 24:4; Prov 28:22 (opposed to ‎חֶסֶר‎) Prov 29:3; Ezek 27:12; Ezek 27:18; Ezek 27:27; Ezek 27:33.

2. with ‎מָכַר‎ + ‎בְּ‎ pretii, = high value, or price ‎תִּעמכֹּר עַמְּךָ בְּלֹא הוֺן‎ Ps 44:13* — i.e. cheaply, = 'for no price at all' (|| ‎מחיר‎).

3. sufficiency, enough! in exclamation Prov 30:15; Prov 30:16 (so also ᵐ5 ᵑ7, Aq Symm Theod ἁρκεῖ).

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