H1007 - בֵּית אָוֶן (Bêyth ʼÂven)

H1007 בֵּית אָוֶן (Bêyth ʼÂven) bayth aw'-ven

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Beth-aven

Biblical Persons & Places

Beth-aven Beth-aven

A location first mentioned at Jos.7.2; only referred to as Beth-aven (בֵּית אָ֫וֶן).

Strong's Definition

Beth-Aven, a place in Palestine

Derivation: from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H205 (אָוֶן); house of vanity;

KJV Usage: Beth-aven.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Beth-aven = "house of vanity"

1) a city east of Bethel, site unknown

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

§ Beth-aven = "house of vanity" a city east of Bethel

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בֵּית אָוֶן bêyth âven BDB Definition: Beth-aven = house of vanity 1) a city east of Bethel, site unknown Part of Speech: noun proper locative A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1004 and H205 Total KJV Occurrences: 7

Bible Occurrences (7)

7:2 18:12

13:5 14:23

4:15 5:8 10:5

Joshua 7:2

Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them,...... Go up and spy out the land. So the men went up and spied out Ai.

Joshua 18:12

On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up... past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out... at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

1 Samuel 13:5

Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore.... They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

1 Samuel 14:23

So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.

Hosea 4:15

Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven,... and do not swear on oath, As surely as the LORD lives!

Hosea 5:8

Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!

Hosea 10:5

The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn over it with its idolatrous priests — those who rejoiced in its glory — for it has been taken from them into exile.