Strong’s H206 · Hebrew
אָוֶן
ʼÂven · aw'-ven
Origin the same as אָוֶן (H205); idolatry;
Meaning Aven, the contemptuous synonym of three places, one in Coele-Syria, one in Egypt (On), and one in Palestine (Bethel)
In the King James Version Aven. See also אוֹן (H204), בֵּית אָוֶן (H1007).
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Ezekiel 30:17The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.
- Hosea 10:8The high places also of Aven, 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 1:5I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, 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.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.