H163 - אַהֲוָא (ʼAhăvâʼ)

H163 אַהֲוָא (ʼAhăvâʼ) a-hav-aw'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Ahava

Biblical Persons & Places

Ahava Ahava

A location first mentioned at Ezr.8.15; only referred to as Ahava (אַהֲוָא).

Strong's Definition

Ahava, a river of Babylonia

Derivation: probably of foreign origin;

KJV Usage: Ahava.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Ahava = "I shall subsist"

1) town or area in Babylonia

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

§ Ahava = "I shall subsist" town or area in Babylonia

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אַהֲוָא ahăvâ BDB Definition: Ahava = I shall subsist 1) town or area in Babylonia Part of Speech: noun proper locative A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: probably of foreign origin Total KJV Occurrences: 3

Bible Occurrences (3)

8:15 8:21 8:31

Ezra 8:15

Now I assembled [these exiles] at the canal that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And when I searched among the people and priests, I found no Levites... there.

Ezra 8:21

And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed... a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for... a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.

Ezra 8:31

On the twelfth... day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands of the enemies and bandits along the way.