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1. On, or Heliopolis, 'House of the Sun,' in northern Egypt, a seat of idolatry: its young men should fall by the sword. Ezek. 30: 17. See ON.
2. Used symbolically in that Beth-el, 'the house of God,' had become Aven or Beth-aven, that is, 'the house of vanity' because of idolatry. Hosea 10: 8: cf. Hosea 4: 15; Hosea 5: 8; Hosea 10: 5.
3. The Plain of Aven, a place in Syria. Amos 1: 5. Not identified.