Aven

Nothingness; vanity. (1.) Hosea speaks of the “high places of Aven” (10:8), by which he means Bethel. He also calls it Beth-aven, i.e., “the house of vanity” (4:15), on account of the golden calves Jeroboam had set up there (1 Kings 12:28). (2.) Translated by the LXX. “On” in Ezek. 30:17. The Egyptian Heliopolis or city of On (q.v.). (3.) In Amos 1:5 it denotes the Syrian Heliopolis, the modern Baalbec.

(nothingness).

A'VEN (nothingness). (1). A plain, probably of Lebanon. Am 1:6. (2). Same as Beth-aven. Hos 10:5, 1 Kgs 15:8. See Baalbec. (3). The city of On or Heliopolis, in Egypt. Eze 30:17.

iniquity; force; riches; sorrow

A'VEN (nothingness). (1). A plain, probably of Lebanon. Am 1:6. (2). Same as Beth-aven. Hos 10:5, 1 Kgs 15:8. See Baalbec. (3). The city of On or Heliopolis, in Egypt. Eze 30:17.