Oholibah
אׇהֳלִיבָהStrong’s H0172oholivah (o-ho-li-vah)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Oholivah is the Hebrew word usually translated “oholibah” and “o oholibah”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.”
Meaning
- A woman living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezk.23.4
How it's translated
- oholibah 4
- and oholibah 1
- o oholibah 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 5
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ezekiel 23:11And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.
- Ezekiel 23:22Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;
- Ezekiel 23:36The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations;
- Ezekiel 23:44Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.
Hebrew dictionary
אׇהֳלִיבָה oholivah · Oholibah
A woman living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezk.23.4; sister of: Oholah (H0170) § Aholibah = "woman of the tent" or "the tent is in her" (metaph) Jerusalem as adulterous wife of Jehovah
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.