Ahava
אַהֲוָאStrong’s H0163ahava (a-ha-va)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ahava is the Hebrew word usually translated “ahava”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.”
Meaning
- § Ahava = "I shall subsist"
How it's translated
- ahava 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ezra 8:21Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
- Ezra 8:31Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
Hebrew dictionary
אַהֲוָא ahava · Ahava
§ Ahava = "I shall subsist" town or area in Babylonia
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.