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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(nothingness). (1) An unidentified plain (
Amos 1:5
5
I 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. (Amos 1:5)
). (2)
Beth
-
aven
, or
Bethel
(
Hos. 10:8
8
The 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. (Hosea 10:8)
). (3) Heliopolis or city of On (
Ezek. 30:17
17
The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity. (Ezekiel 30:17)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
1.
On, or Heliopolis, “
House
of
the
Sun
,” in northern
Egypt
, a
seat
of
idolatry
: its
young
men should fall by the
sword
(
Ezek. 30:17
17
The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity. (Ezekiel 30:17)
). See ON.
2.
Used
symbolically in that
Beth
-el,” the
house of
God
,” had
become
Aven or
Beth-aven
, that is, “the house of vanity” because of idolatry (
Hos. 10:8
8
The 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. (Hosea 10:8)
; compare
Hos. 4:15
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, nor swear, The Lord liveth. (Hosea 4:15)
;
Hos. 5:8
8
Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin. (Hosea 5:8)
;
Hos. 10:5
5
The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: 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. (Hosea 10:5)
).
3.
The Plain of Aven, a
place
in
Syria
(
Amos 1:5
5
I 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. (Amos 1:5)
). Not identified.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
206
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
’Aven
Phonic:
aw’-ven
Meaning:
the same as
205
; idolatry; Aven, the contemptuous synonym of three places, one in Coele-Syria, one in Egypt (On), and one in Palestine (Bethel)
KJV Usage:
Aven. See also
204
,
1007
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
perverseness
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Vanity; iniquity; idolatry:―the name of three places, Ezek. 30:17. {Vanitas}
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