Oni עֳנִי

Oni (Hebrew עֳנִי, Strong's H6040) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “affliction”. It occurs 36 times in 36 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Oni, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 16:11
  And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.
• Genesis 29:32
  And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
• Genesis 31:42
  Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”
• Genesis 41:52
  And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Exodus

• Exodus 3:7
  And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.
• Exodus 3:17
  And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
• Exodus 4:31
  And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 16:3
  Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.
• Deuteronomy 26:7
  And when we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression.

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 1:11
  And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever come over his head.”

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 14:26
  For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.For the LORD saw that the affliction of the Israelites, both slave and free, was very bitter. There was no one to help Israel,

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 22:14
  Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the Lord an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 9:9
  And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.

Job

• Job 10:15
  If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.
• Job 30:16
  And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.
• Job 30:27
  My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.
• Job 36:8
  And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
• Job 36:15
  He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.
• Job 36:21
  Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.

Psalms

• Psalm 9:13
  Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
• Psalm 25:18
  Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.
• Psalm 31:7
  I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.
• Psalm 44:24
  Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
• Psalm 88:9
  Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
• Psalm 107:10
  Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
• Psalm 107:41
  Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.But He lifts the needy from affliction and increases their families like flocks.
• Psalm 119:50
  This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.
• Psalm 119:92
  Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
• Psalm 119:153
  Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.Look upon my affliction and rescue me, for I have not forgotten Your law.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 31:5
  Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 48:10
  Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.

Lamentations

• Lamentations 1:3
  Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.
• Lamentations 1:7
  Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.
• Lamentations 1:9
  Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O Lord, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!
• Lamentations 3:1
  I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.
• Lamentations 3:19
  Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).