Lexical Definition

‎אָוֶן‎ ʼÂven (aw'-ven) (Valley of) Aven ^N:N--L
the same as ‎אָוֶן‎; idolatry

Aven. See also ‎אוֹן‎, ‎בֵּית אָוֶן‎.

• § Aven = "vanity"
• Aven, the contemptuous synonym of three places, one in Coele-Syria, one in Egypt (On), and one in Palestine (Bethel)

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בֶּןאֿוֺנִ֑י‎ proper name, masculine (son of my sorrow) Rachel's name for Benjamin (compare below) Gen 35:18.

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