Strong's Hebrew · H1007

H1007 Bêyth ʼÂven

בֵּית אָוֶן

bayth aw'-ven

Beth-aven

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Bêyth ʼÂven appears 14 times in Scripture, including Joshua 7:2 and 1 Samuel 13:5. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

Beth-Aven, a place in Palestine

In the King James Version

Beth-aven.

Derivation

from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H205 (אָוֶן); house of vanity;

Appears 14 times in Scripture

1 Samuel 13:5

“Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.”

Joshua 7:2

“Meanwhile, Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.”

Joshua 18:12

“On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.”

1 Samuel 14:23

“So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.”

Hosea 4:15

“Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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