H206

'Aven

aw'-ven

Proper Name Location

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.

Aven = "vanity"

1. a name used contemptuously for the following places of idolatrous worship
   1. a city in Egypt, possibly On (Eze. 30:17)
2. 1. Bethel with its calf worship (Hos. 10:8)
3. 1. A town or region in Syria (Amos 1:5)