BETH-AVEN
A place and desert near Bethel on the east, Joshua 7:2; Joshua 1:18; 1 Samuel 13:5; 1 Samuel 1:14. It seems to be reproachfully used at times for Bethel itself, after the golden calves were there set up, Hosea 4:15; Hosea 1:10: Beth-el meaning the house of God; and Beth-aven, the house of sin, or of an idol.