H1007 - בֵּית אָוֶן (Bêyth ʼÂven)

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

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

1007 Beyth 'Aven bayth aw'-ven from 1004 and 205; house of vanity; Beth- Aven, a place in Palestine

KJV Usage: Beth-aven

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בֵּית אָ֫וֶן (bet a.ven) — Beth-aven.

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

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

בֵּית אָוֶן (H1007)

name · בַּיִת · אָוֶן

Names of Locations

Beth-Aven = town; ◄ territory of Benjamin

JOS 7:2 · JOS 18:12 · 1SA 13:5 · 1SA 14:23 · HOS 5:8

Names of Locations | ≈ בֵּית־אֶל

Beth-Aven = town; ◄ territory of Ephraim ≈ probably a pun or word-play on the name Bethel ("house of God")

HOS 4:15 · HOS 10:5

Enio R. Mueller

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בֵּית אָ֫וֶן n.pr.loc. (house of iniquity or idolatry ? hardly likely unless as alteration of orig. בֵּית אוֹן, house of wealth or strength) eastward from Bethel base