Hebrew
עָוֺן a·van
“iniquity” · 233 times in the Old Testament
Through the Bible
- “iniquity” 153
- “guilt” 19
- “punishment” 12
- “sins” 4
- “sin” 3
- other ways 42
As a table, book by book
| Book | Times |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 4 |
| Exodus | 6 |
| Leviticus | 18 |
| Numbers | 12 |
| Deuteronomy | 2 |
| Joshua | 2 |
| 1 Samuel | 8 |
| 2 Samuel | 6 |
| 1 Kings | 1 |
| 2 Kings | 1 |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 |
| Ezra | 3 |
| Nehemiah | 2 |
| Job | 15 |
| Psalms | 31 |
| Proverbs | 2 |
| Isaiah | 25 |
| Jeremiah | 24 |
| Lamentations | 6 |
| Ezekiel | 44 |
| Daniel | 3 |
| Hosea | 11 |
| Amos | 1 |
| Micah | 2 |
| Zechariah | 2 |
| Malachi | 1 |
How the BSB translates it
Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.
Its meanings, as STEP Bible divides them
- crime 182
- guilt 28
- punishment 23
With a pronoun joined
Hebrew joins “me”, “you”, “him” and the like to the end of a word.
Where it occurs
Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.
“iniquity” 153
Genesis 2
Exodus 5
- 20:5 …a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the fathers on…
- 28:38 …that he may bear the iniquity of the holy things…
- 34:7 …a thousand generations forgiving iniquity transgression and sin Yet…
- 34:7 …unpunished He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on…
- 34:9 …stiff necked people forgive our iniquity and sin and take…
Leviticus 12
- 5:1 …it he shall bear the iniquity
- 7:18 …of it shall bear his iniquity
- 16:21 …confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of…
- 16:22 …carry on itself all their iniquities into a solitary place…
- 17:16 …then he shall bear his iniquity
- 19:8 …eats it will bear his iniquity for he has profaned…
- 20:17 …sister he shall bear his iniquity
- 20:19 …kin both shall bear their iniquity
- 26:39 …enemies will waste away in their iniquity and will decay in…
- 26:40 …if they will confess their iniquity and that of their…
- 26:41 …they will make amends for their iniquity
- 26:43 …will pay the penalty for their iniquity because they rejected My…
Numbers 7
- 5:15 …memorial as a reminder of iniquity
- 5:31 …woman shall bear her iniquity
- 14:18 …in loving devotion forgiving iniquity and transgression Yet He…
- 14:18 …unpunished He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon…
- 14:19 …Pardon I pray the iniquity of this people in…
- 18:23 …and they must bear their iniquity This is a permanent…
- 30:15 …he will bear her iniquity
Deuteronomy 1
- 5:9 …a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the fathers on…
1 Samuel 4
2 Samuel 3
1 Kings 1
- 17:18 …come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death…
1 Chronicles 1
- 21:8 …You to take away the iniquity of Your servant for…
Ezra 1
- 9:6 …You my God because our iniquities are higher than our…
Nehemiah 2
Job 11
- 7:21 …transgression and take away my iniquity For soon I will…
- 10:6 …that You should seek my iniquity and search out my…
- 10:14 …would not acquit me of my iniquity
- 13:23 …How many are my iniquities and sins Reveal to…
- 13:26 …and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth…
- 14:17 …You would cover over my iniquity
- 15:5 …For your iniquity instructs your mouth and…
- 20:27 …The heavens will expose his iniquity and the earth will…
- 31:11 …be a heinous crime an iniquity to be judged…
- 31:28 …this would also be an iniquity to be judged for…
- 33:9 …am clean with no iniquity in me…
Psalms 22
- 18:23 …Him and kept myself from iniquity
- 25:11 …name O LORD forgive my iniquity for it is great…
- 31:10 …my years with groaning my iniquity has drained my strength…
- 32:5 …and did not hide my iniquity I said I will…
- 38:4 …For my iniquities have overwhelmed me they…
- 38:18 …Yes I confess my iniquity I am troubled by…
- 39:11 …correct a man for his iniquity consuming like a moth…
- 51:2 …Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from…
- 51:5 …I was brought forth in iniquity I was sinful when…
- 51:9 …and blot out all my iniquities
- 69:27 …Add iniquity to their iniquity let…
- 69:27 …Add iniquity to their iniquity let them not share…
- 78:38 …was compassionate He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy…
- 85:2 …You forgave the iniquity of Your people You…
- 89:32 …transgression with the rod and to their iniquity with stripes…
- 90:8 …You have set our iniquities before You our secret…
- 103:3 …He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your…
- 103:10 …repaid us according to our iniquities
- 106:43 …rebellion and sank down in their iniquity
- 109:14 May the iniquity of his fathers be…
- 130:3 …O LORD kept track of iniquities then who O Lord…
- 130:8 …redeem Israel from all iniquity
Proverbs 1
- 5:22 The iniquities of a wicked man…
Isaiah 7
- 1:4 …nation a people laden with iniquity a brood of evildoers…
- 5:18 …to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit…
- 6:7 …has touched your lips your iniquity is removed and your…
- 13:11 …evil and the wicked for their iniquity I will end the…
- 14:21 …to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers They…
- 26:21 …inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity The earth will reveal…
- 30:13 …this iniquity of yours is like…
And 73 more, on the full page.
“guilt” 19
Exodus 1
- 28:43 …they will not incur guilt and die This is…
Leviticus 1
- 10:17 …you to take away the guilt of the congregation by…
Numbers 2
Job 1
- 31:33 …like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart…
Psalms 1
- 32:5 …LORD and You forgave the guilt of my sin Selah…
Isaiah 1
- 27:9 …Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for…
Jeremiah 7
- 2:22 …of soap the stain of your guilt is still before Me…
- 3:13 …Only acknowledge your guilt that you have rebelled…
- 14:20 …our wickedness O LORD the guilt of our fathers indeed…
- 16:17 …hidden from My face and their guilt is not concealed from…
- 18:23 …Do not wipe out their guilt or blot out their…
- 25:12 …land of the Chaldeans for their guilt declares the LORD and…
- 50:20 …be made for Israel’s guilt but there will be…
Lamentations 2
Ezekiel 2
Hosea 1
- 9:9 …Gibeah He will remember their guilt He will punish their…
“punishment” 12
“sins” 4
“sin” 3
“own iniquity” 3
“wicked” 3
“iniquity involving” 2
“wrongdoing” 2
“final punishment” 2
“that” 1
Leviticus 1
- 26:40 …will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in…
“guilt remains” 1
Numbers 1
- 15:31 …and broken His commandment his guilt remains on him…
“not the sin” 1
Joshua 1
- 22:17 Was not the sin of Peor enough for…
“because of his sin” 1
Joshua 1
- 22:20 …only Achan who perished because of his sin
“blame be” 1
1 Samuel 1
- 25:24 …and said My lord may the blame be on me alone but…
“any blame be” 1
2 Samuel 1
- 14:9 …My lord the king may any blame be on me and on…
“guilty” 1
2 Samuel 1
- 19:19 …do not hold me guilty and do not remember…
“because of our iniquities” 1
Ezra 1
- 9:7 …guilt has been great Because of our iniquities we and our kings…
“than our iniquities deserve” 1
Ezra 1
- 9:13 …have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us…
“less than your iniquity deserves” 1
Job 1
- 11:6 …God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves
“brings punishment” 1
Job 1
- 19:29 …sword yourselves because wrath brings punishment by the sword so…
“not your iniquities” 1
Job 1
- 22:5 …not your wickedness great Are not your iniquities endless…
“whose iniquity” 1
Psalms 1
- 32:2 …Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not…
“own sin” 1
Psalms 1
- 36:2 …to detect or hate his own sin
“when wicked” 1
Psalms 1
- 49:5 …in times of trouble when wicked usurpers surround me…
“fault of my own” 1
Psalms 1
- 59:4 …For no fault of my own they move swiftly to…
“when iniquities” 1
Psalms 1
- 65:3 When iniquities prevail against me You…
“through their iniquities” 1
Psalms 1
- 107:17 …in their rebellious ways and through their iniquities suffered affliction…
“iniquity is” 1
Proverbs 1
- 16:6 …loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for and by…
“sinful” 1
Isaiah 1
- 57:17 …I was enraged by his sinful greed so I struck…
“those” 1
Isaiah 1
- 65:7 …both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers says…
“all” 1
Jeremiah 1
- 33:8 …Me and will forgive all their sins of rebellion…
“because of their iniquity” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 7:13 …will not be revoked and because of their iniquity not one of them…
“brought their iniquity” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 7:19 …became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity
“same as that” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 14:10 …the inquirer will be the same as that of the prophet…
“because of your sins” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 24:23 …you will waste away because of your sins and you will groan…
“whose shields” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 32:27 …placed under their heads whose shields rested on their bones…
“transgression” 1
Hosea 1
- 10:10 …bondage for their double transgression
The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.