163. Ahava
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Ahava: Ahava

Original Word: אַהֲוָא
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Ahava'
Pronunciation: ah-hah-VAH
Phonetic Spelling: (a-hav-aw')
Definition: Ahava
Meaning: Ahava

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Ahava

Probably of foreign origin; Ahava, a river of Babylonia -- Ahava.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
probably of foreign origin
Definition
a place and a stream in Bab.
NASB Translation
Ahava (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
אַהֲוָא proper name, of a location town or district in Babylonia, by which a stream is designated Ezra 8:15,31, also the stream Ezra 8:21 (׳הנהו א), Ezra 8:31 (׳נְהַר א).

Topical Lexicon
Word Origin: Derived from an unused root probably meaning to subsist.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There are no direct corresponding Strong's Greek entries for Ahava, as it is a specific proper noun referring to a location in the Hebrew Bible.

Usage: The term "Ahava" is used in the context of a geographical location, particularly in the Book of Ezra, where it refers to a river or canal where Ezra gathered the exiles before their journey to Jerusalem.

Context: Ahava is mentioned in the Book of Ezra as a significant location during the return of the Jewish exiles from Babylon to Jerusalem. In Ezra 8:15, Ezra records, "Now I assembled them at the canal that flows toward Ahava, and we camped there for three days." This location served as a gathering point for the exiles, where Ezra organized the people and ensured they were prepared for the journey. The exact geographical location of Ahava is not definitively known, but it is understood to be a canal or river in the region of Babylon. The gathering at Ahava was a critical moment in the return from exile, as it was here that Ezra reviewed the people, sought divine guidance, and ensured the safety and sanctity of the journey back to Jerusalem.

Forms and Transliterations
אַֽהֲוָ֗א אַהֲוָ֔א אהוא ’a·hă·wā ’ahăwā ahaVa
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Englishman's Concordance
Ezra 8:15
HEB: הַבָּ֣א אֶֽל־ אַהֲוָ֔א וַנַּחֲנֶ֥ה שָׁ֖ם
NAS: that runs to Ahava, where
KJV: that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents
INT: runs to Ahava camped where

Ezra 8:21
HEB: עַל־ הַנָּהָ֣ר אַהֲוָ֔א לְהִתְעַנּ֖וֹת לִפְנֵ֣י
NAS: at the river of Ahava, that we might humble
KJV: there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict
INT: at the river of Ahava humble before

Ezra 8:31
HEB: וַֽנִּסְעָ֞ה מִנְּהַ֣ר אַֽהֲוָ֗א בִּשְׁנֵ֤ים עָשָׂר֙
NAS: from the river Ahava on the twelfth
KJV: from the river of Ahava on the twelfth
INT: journeyed the river Ahava both ten

3 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 163
3 Occurrences


’a·hă·wā — 3 Occ.















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