ʼÂven — H206

Definition

locative proper noun

Aven, the contemptuous synonym of three places, one in Coele-Syria, one in Egypt (On), and one in Palestine (Bethel)

1. Aven = "vanity"
2. a name used contemptuously for the following places of idolatrous worship
1. a city in Egypt, possibly On (Eze 30:17)
2. Bethel with its calf worship (Ho 10:8)
3. A town or region in Syria (Am 1:5)

Usually translated as

Aven

Origin

the same as H205; idolatry

• Same as ʼâven (H205)

Occurrences

ʼÂven occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Hosea (1), Amos (1)

• Hosea 10:8 — The high places also of Aven (אָ֗וֶן), the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
• Amos 1:5 — I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven (אָ֔וֶן), and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.