ʼOhŏlâh — H170

Definition

feminine proper noun

Oholah, a symbolic name for Samaria

1. Aholah = "her own tent"
2. Samaria as an adulteress with Assyria (metaph)

Usually translated as

Aholah

Origin

in form a feminine of H168, but in fact for ʼOhŏlâhh; from H168; her tent (i.e. idolatrous sanctuary)

• Derived from ʼôhel (H168)

Occurrences

ʼOhŏlâh occurs 5 times in 4 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezekiel (4)

• Ezekiel 23:4 — And the names of them were Aholah (אָהֳלָ֤ה) 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.
• Ezekiel 23:4 — 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 (אָהֳלָ֔ה), and Jerusalem Aholibah.
• Ezekiel 23:5 — And Aholah (אָהֳלָ֖ה) played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
• Ezekiel 23:36 — The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah (אָהֳלָ֖ה) and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations;
• Ezekiel 23:44 — Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah (אָֽהֳלָה֙) and unto Aholibah, the lewd women.