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bethaven |
2 definitions found From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Beth-aven house of nothingness; i.e., "of idols", a place in the mountains of Benjamin, east of Bethel (Josh. 7:2; 18:12; 1 Sam. 13:5). In Hos. 4:15; 5:8; 10:5 it stands for Bethel" (q.v.), and it is so called because it was no longer the "house of God," but "the house of idols," referring to the calves there worshipped. From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Beth-aven, the house of vanity; of iniquity of trouble
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