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אָוֶן Aven

Every verse in which this name stands — 2 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PlaceGematria 57×2 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

The contemptuous synonym of three places, one in Coele-Syria, one in Egypt, and one in Palestine. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Ezekiel 30:17 and last at Amos 1:5.

Ezekiel 30:17יחזקאל ל:יז

בַּחוּרֵי אָוֶן וּפִי־בֶסֶת בַּחֶרֶב יִפֹּלוּ וְהֵנָּה בַּשְּׁבִי תֵלַֽכְנָה

The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword; And these cities shall go into captivity.

Amos 1:5עמוס א:ה

וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּי בְּרִיחַ דַּמֶּשֶׂק וְהִכְרַתִּי יוֹשֵׁב מִבִּקְעַת־אָוֶן וְתוֹמֵךְ שֵׁבֶט מִבֵּית עֶדֶן וְגָלוּ עַם־אֲרָם קִירָה אָמַר יְהוָֽה

And I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from Bikath-Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Beth-eden; and the people of Aram shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Aven?

Aven — און in Hebrew — has a gematria of 57 in the standard method.

How many times is Aven named in the Tanakh?

2 times, first at Ezekiel 30:17.

A spelling is not a name. The written word און stands 77 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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