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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #5755 - עַוָּא
Transliteration
ʻIvvâh
Phonetics
iv-vaw', av-vaw'
Origin
for (H5754)
Parts of Speech
proper locative noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Ava or Ivah = "ruin"
- a city conquered by the Assyrians
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results

ASV (4)
2 Kings
3
Isaiah
1
BSB (4)
2 Kings
3
Isaiah
1
CSB (4)
2 Kings
3
Isaiah
1
ESV (4)
2 Kings
3
Isaiah
1
KJV (4)
2 Kings
3
Isaiah
1
LEB (4)
2 Kings
3
Isaiah
1
LSB (4)
2 Kings
3
Isaiah
1
N95 (4)
2 Kings
3
Isaiah
1
NAS (4)
2 Kings
3
Isaiah
1
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (4)
2 Kings
3
Isaiah
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
II. עַוָּה, עִוָּה proper name, of a location city conquered by Assyrians; — עַוָּה 2 Kings 17:24 (van d. H. עַוָּא) = עִוָּה 2 Kings 18:34; 2 Kings 19:13 = Isaiah 37:13; ᵐ5 Αια(ν), Ανα, and ( 2 Kings 19:13) Ουδου, A Αυτα, ᵐ5 L Αιναγ, etc.; site in Northern Syria Wkl Alttest. Unters. 102f. Benz; Sachau ZA xii (1897), 48 proposes Emma (Tab. Pentateuch) = Ἴμμα Ptol see 15,15, modern ±Imm between Antioch and Aleppo. — I. עַוָּה see below I. עוה.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
עַוָּא [Ava], 2 Kings 17:24 see עִוָּה.
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List of Word Forms
וְעִוָּ֑ה וְעִוָּֽה׃ וּמֵעַוָּ֤א ומעוא ועוה ועוה׃ ū·mê·‘aw·wā ūmê‘awwā umeavVa veivVah wə‘iwwāh wə·‘iw·wāh