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H206

און

און
ahwan

Proper locative noun · The same as און (H205)

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.

Outline

  1. 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. Bethel with its calf worship (Hos. 10:8)
      3. A town or region in Syria (Amos 1:5)

Usages

Ezekiel 30:17

The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity.

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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.

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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.

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