Bêyth ʼÂven — H1007

Definition

locative proper noun

Beth-Aven, a place in Palestine

1. Beth-aven = "house of vanity"
2. a city east of Bethel, site unknown

Usually translated as

Beth-aven

Origin

from H1004 and H205; house of vanity

• Derived from Bayith (H1004)
• Derived from ʼâven (H205)

Occurrences

Bêyth ʼÂven occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (2), 1 Samuel (2), Hosea (3)

• Joshua 7:2 — And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven (בֵּ֥ית), on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
• Joshua 18:12 — And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven (בֵּ֥ית).
• 1 Samuel 13:5 — And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven (בֵּ֥ית).
• 1 Samuel 14:23 — So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven (בֵּ֥ית).
• Hosea 4:15 — Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven (בֵּ֣ית), nor swear, The LORD liveth.
• Hosea 5:8 — Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven (בֵּ֣ית), after thee, O Benjamin.
• Hosea 10:5 — The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven (בֵּ֣ית): for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.