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 · אָ֗וֶןAnd destroyed have been high places of Aven, the sin of Israel. Thorn and bramble go up on their altars, And they have said to hills, Cover us, And to heights, Fall upon us.Amos 1:5 · אָ֔וֶןAnd I have broken the bar of Damascus, And cut off the inhabitant from Bikat-Aven, And a holder of a sceptre from Beth-Eden, And removed have been the people of Aram to Kir, said Jehovah.