Etymology?: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught)
ʾāwen n, m
1) trouble, wickedness, sorrow
1a) trouble, sorrow
1b) idolatry
1c) trouble of iniquity, wickedness
Mentioned in Numbers 23:21 Deuteronomy 26:14 1 Samuel 15:23 Isaiah 1:13, 10:1, 29:20, 31:2, 32:6, 41:29, 55:7, 58:9, 59:4, 59:6, 59:7, 66:3 Jeremiah 4:14, 4:15 Ezekiel 11:2 Hosea 6:8, 9:4, 10:8, 12:12 Amos 5:5 Micah 2:1 Habakkuk 3:7, 1:3 Zechariah 10:2 Psalms 92:10, 66:18, 5:6, 6:9, 7:15, 10:7, 14:4, 28:3, 36:4, 36:5, 36:13, 41:7, 53:5, 55:4, 55:11, 56:8, 59:3, 59:6, 64:3, 90:10, 92:8, 94:4, 94:16, 94:23, 101:8, 119:133, 125:5, 141:4, 141:9 Proverbs 11:7, 6:12, 6:18, 10:29, 12:21, 17:4, 19:28, 21:15, 30:20 Job 34:36, 5:6, 11:14, 4:8, 11:11, 15:35, 21:19, 22:15, 31:3, 34:8, 34:22, 36:10, 36:21