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Strong H2062 sensesאָ֫וֶן

(Valley of) Aven · Aven

Transliteration
'âven
Pronunciation
aw'-ven

Meaning of the name

Aven = "vanity"

The 2 senses of Strong H206

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H206 appears in 3 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. (Valley of) AvenH206GPlain near Damascus, prophesied to be destroyed.1 verse · Amos
  2. AvenH206HImportant city in Israel, associated with Abraham and Jacob.1 verse · Hosea

General definition

The same as H205; idolatry;
{Aven} the contemptuous synonym of three {places} one in Coele {Syria} one in Egypt ({On}) and one in Palestine (Bethel): - Aven. See also {H204 } H1007 .

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • aven3

First verses

  1. Ezekiel 30:17
    The young men of Aven and of Pi–beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.
  2. Hosea 10:8
    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.
  3. Amos 1:5
    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.