בֵּית אָוֶן
Bêyth ʼÂven · bayth aw'-ven
Beth-Aven, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H205 (אָוֶן); house of vanity;
Beth-Aven, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Beth-aven.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign › strength, the leader › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
The house, what is within of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign of strength, the leader that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בֵּית אָוֶן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of bethaven2 · 29%
- bethaven1 · 14%
- from bethaven1 · 14%
- unto bethaven1 · 14%
- to bethaven1 · 14%
- at bethaven1 · 14%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.