אָוֶןʼÂven

אָ֫וֶן: trouble, sorrow, wickedness

Pronunciation: aw'-ven · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H206

Meanings

1. trouble, sorrow (Genesis 35:18; Numbers 23:21; Psalms 7:15)

2. idolatry (Hosea 12:12; Isaiah 41:29; 1 Samuel 15:23)

3. trouble of iniquity, wickedness (Job 22:15; Job 34:36; Proverbs 6:12)

בֶּןאֿוֺנִ֑י: proper name, masculine: Rachel's name for Benjamin (Genesis 35:18)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Hosea 10:8 And the pagan shrines of Aven, the place of Israel’s sin, will crumble. Thorns and thistles will grow up around their altars. They will beg the mountains, “Bury us!” and plead with the hills, “Fall on us!”
  • Amos 1:5 I will break down the gates of Damascus and slaughter the people in the valley of Aven. I will destroy the ruler in Beth-eden, and the people of Aram will go as captives to Kir,” says the Lord.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).