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אָוֶן

ʼÂven · H206 · Hebrew · proper noun · 1 occurrence

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This name belongs to 3 places

Meanings

  1. Aven

    Town and cult centre, normally referred to as Bethel or Beth-Aven; territory of Ephraim, near the border of Benjamin; probably a pun featuring the meaning of אָוֶן "evil, iniquity" because of the idolatry that was practiced in this town

    Examples

    Ezekiel 30:17 “The young men of On and of Pi-beseth Will fall by the sword, And the women will go into captivity.

How it’s used In 1 role

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In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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Semantic domains 4 entries
Wrong002001003019
אָוֶן as the place name Aven carries the sense of wickedness associated with idol worship there, drawn from the same root used generically of iniquity (Amos 1:5, tagged under the common-noun form אָוֶן (ʼâven, H205) rather than under this place name's own occurrence).
Unsafe002003003022
The place is associated with coming calamity, as the young men of On and of Pi-beseth said to fall by the sword (Ezekiel 30:17).
Non-Exist002002002006
The name can evoke the emptiness or worthlessness of the idols associated with the site, drawn from the same root's sense of vanity (Isaiah 41:29, tagged under the common-noun form אָוֶן (ʼâven, H205) rather than under this place name's own occurrence).
Names of Locations003001010
אָוֶן here names Aven, likely another name for the Egyptian city On, in an oracle naming its young men falling by the sword alongside Pi-beseth (Ezekiel 30:17).

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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