Strong's #206: 'Aven (pronounced aw'-ven)

the same as 205; idolatry; Aven, the contemptuous synonym of three places, one in Coele-Syria, one in Egypt (On), and one in Palestine (Bethel):--Aven. See also 204, 1007.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

'âven

Aven = "vanity"

1) a name used contemptuously for the following places of idolatrous worship

1a) a city in Egypt, possibly On (Ezekiel 30:17)

1b) Bethel with its calf worship (Hosea 10:8)

1c) A town or region in Syria (Amos 1:5)

Part of Speech: noun proper locative

Relation: the same as 205

Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

 

Hosea 10:8: "The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up"
Amos 1:5: "and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the scepter from the house of Eden:"