Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Nothingness; vanity. ) Hosea speaks of the “high places of Aven” (10:8), by which he means Bethel. , “the house of vanity” (4:15), on account of the golden calves Jeroboam had set up there (1 Kings 12:28). ) Translated by the LXX. “On” in Ezek. 30:17. ). ) In Amos 1:5 it denotes the Syrian Heliopolis, the modern Baalbec.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(nothingness).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
A'VEN (nothingness). (1). A plain, probably of Lebanon. Am 1:6. (2). Same as Beth-aven. Hos 10:5, 1 Kgs 15:8. See Baalbec. (3). The city of On or Heliopolis, in Egypt. Eze 30:17.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
iniquity; force; riches; sorrow
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