# H1007 בֵּית אָוֶן

בֵּית אָוֶן (Bêyth ʼÂven), Strong’s H1007: Beth-Aven, a place in Palestine KJV: Beth-aven.. Occurs 14 times.

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*Bêyth ʼÂven* — Beth-Aven, a place in Palestine

KJV: Beth-aven.

Built from [בַּיִת bayith](https://besorah.bible/word/H1004) (a house) + [אָוֶן ʼâven](https://besorah.bible/word/H205) (strictly nothingness) — means “house of vanity”

Occurs 14 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- בֵּית אָ֫וֶן n.pr.loc. (house of iniquity or idolatry ? hardly likely unless as alteration of orig. בֵּית אוֹן, house of wealth or strength) eastward from Bethel

## Where it occurs
- [Joshua 7:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/7?v=2) — Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying…
- [Joshua 18:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/18?v=12) — Their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan. The border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went…
- [1 Samuel 13:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/13?v=5) — The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel: thirty thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen…
- [1 Samuel 14:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/14?v=23) — So the LORD saved Israel that day; and the battle passed over by Beth Aven.
- [Hosea 4:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/4?v=15) — “Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet don’t let Judah offend; and don’t come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth…
- [Hosea 5:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/5?v=8) — “Blow the cornet in Gibeah, and the shofar in Ramah! Sound a battle cry at Beth Aven, behind you, Benjamin!
- [Hosea 10:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/10?v=5) — The inhabitants of Samaria will be in terror for the calves of Beth Aven, for its people will mourn over it, along with…