Definition

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

Etymology

the same as H205 (אָוֶן); idolatry;

Where the KJV renders it

• Aven. See also H204 (אוֹן)
• H1007 (בֵּית אָוֶן)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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