Hebrew

(Valley of) Aven

אָ֫וֶןStrong’s H0206

aven (a-ven)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Aven is the Hebrew word usually translated “wickedness” and “aven”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.”

Hosea 10:8 KJV

Meaning

Aven = "vanity"

How it's translated

wickedness 1
aven 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Hosea 1
Amos 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture

Amos 1:5I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.

Hebrew dictionary

אָ֫וֶן aven · (Valley of) Aven

Aven = "vanity" A town or region in Syria (Am 1:5) a name used contemptuously a place of idolatrous worship Combined with biq.ah (בִּקְעָה " Valley" H1237J)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “wickedness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

WICKEDNESS, noun

Departure from the rules of the divine law; evil disposition or practices; immorality; crime; sin; sinfulness; corrupt manners wickedness generally signifies evil practices.

“What wickedness is this that is done among you?” Judges 20:12“Their inward part is very wickedness” Psalms 5:9“In heart ye work wickedness 8” Psalms 58:2

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.