Aven = "vanity" A town or region in Syria (Am 1:5) a name used contemptuously a place of idolatrous worship Combined with biq.ah (בִּקְעָה " Valley" H1237J)
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H206 — אָ֫וֶן
a.ven · (Valley of) Aven · Hebrew/Aramaic
2 tagged verse occurrences
Hosea 10:8 · אָ֗וֶןThe 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 1:5 · אָ֔וֶןI 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.