Strong’s definition
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
KJV gloss list in the source
affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare H369 (אַיִן).
Source pronunciation notation: aw-ven'
Derivation recorded by Strong
from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught);
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