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Aven:
nothingness; vanity. (1.) Hosea speaks of the "high places of Aven" (Hsa 10:8), by which he means Bethel. He also calls it Beth-aven, i.e., "the house of vanity" (Hsa 4:15), on account of the golden calves Jeroboam had set up there (1Ki 12:28).
(2.) Translated by the LXX. "On" in Eze 30:17. The Egyptian Heliopolis or city of On (q.v.).
(3.) In Amo 1:5 it denotes the Syrian Heliopolis, the modern Baalbec.
Aven:
iniquity; force; riches; sorrow
Aven:
a'-ven ‘awen "emptiness," "vanity": Used in Eze 30:17 for On or Heliopolis, in Egypt. See ON. As a term of contempt Hosea calls Beth-el "Beth-aven" (4:15; 10:5). So Amos speaks of some valley near Damascus as "the valley of Aven" (that is, of the idol, 1:5), in which Baalbek (Heliopolis) was situated. The word is rendered "idol" in Isa 66:3.
Aven:
(nothingness).
(1.) The "plain of Aven" is mentioned by Amos 1:5 in his denunciation of Syria and the country to the north of Palestine. This Aven is by some supposed to be the once magnificent Heiropolis, "city of the sun," now Baalbek (Bal'bek) of Coele‐Syria, whose ruins are one of the wonders of the ages. It was situated in a plain near the foot of the Anti‐Libanus range of mountains, 42 miles northwest of Damascus. It is famous for the colossal ruins of its temples, one of which with its courts and porticos, extended over 1,000 feet in length. The temples were built of marble or limestone and granite. Some of the columns were 7 feet in diameter and 62 feet high, or including capital and pedestal, 89 feet. Some of the building‐stones were 64 feet long and 12 feet thick. The temples are of Roman origin.
(2.) In Hosea 10:8, the word is clearly an abbreviation of Bethaven, that is, Bethel (compare Hosea 4:15 etc.).
(3.) The sacred city of Heliopolis or On, in Egypt (Ezekiel 30:17).
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