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Lexicon :: Strong's H163 - 'ahăvā'

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אַהֲוָא
Transliteration
'ahăvā'
Pronunciation
a-hav-aw'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably of foreign origin
Strong’s Definitions

אַהֲוָא ʼAhăvâʼ, a-hav-aw'; probably of foreign origin; Ahava, a river of Babylonia:—Ahava.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H163 in the following manner: Ahava (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H163 in the following manner: Ahava (3x).

  1. Ahava = "I shall subsist"

    1. town or area in Babylonia

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַהֲוָא ʼAhăvâʼ, a-hav-aw'; probably of foreign origin; Ahava, a river of Babylonia:—Ahava.
STRONGS H163: Abbreviations
† 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׳).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

8:15; 8:21; 8:31; 8:31

H163

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Strong's Number H163 matches the Hebrew אַהֲוָא ('ahăvā'),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:15 - I assembled the exiles at the Ahava Canal, and we camped there for three days while I went over the lists of the people and the priests who had arrived. I found that not one Levite had volunteered to come along.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21 - And there by the Ahava Canal, I gave orders for all of us to fast and humble ourselves before our God. We prayed that he would give us a safe journey and protect us, our children, and our goods as we traveled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:31 - We broke camp at the Ahava Canal on April 19[fn] and started off to Jerusalem. And the gracious hand of our God protected us and saved us from enemies and bandits along the way.
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