Strong's Hebrew · H1007
בֵּית אָוֶן
Bêyth ʼÂven · bayth aw'-ven
DefinitionBeth-Aven, a place in Palestine
Derivationfrom H1004 (בַּיִת) and H205 (אָוֶן); house of vanity;
KJV usageBeth-aven.
Occurrences7 in the KJV · 7 verses
בֵּית אָוֶן in Scripture
Joshua 7:2
And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth -aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
Joshua 18:12
And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth -aven.
1 Samuel 13:5
And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth -aven.
1 Samuel 14:23
So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth -aven.
Hosea 4:15
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth -aven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
Hosea 5:8
Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth -aven, after thee, O Benjamin.
Hosea 10:5
The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth -aven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.