ʼAhăvâʼ — H163

Definition

locative proper noun

Ahava, a river of Babylonia

1. Ahava = "I shall subsist"
2. town or area in Babylonia

Usually translated as

Ahava

Origin

probably of foreign origin

Occurrences

ʼAhăvâʼ occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (3)

• Ezra 8:15 — And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava (אַהֲוָ֔א); 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.
• Ezra 8:21 — Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava (אַהֲוָ֔א), 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 8:31 — Then we departed from the river of Ahava (אַֽהֲוָ֗א) 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.