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;

Word family

• אָוֶן ʼâven

How 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.