Oholibah
From God's Wiki, the Bible topic encyclopedia
| Hebrew / Greek | אׇהֳלִיבָה (H172) |
|---|---|
| Description | Woman living at the time of Exile and Return |
| Mentioned in | 5 verses |
| First mention | Ezekiel 23:4 |
Oholibah is a woman living at the time of the exile and return. She is named in 5 verses of the Bible, first in Ezekiel 23:4.
Family
Siblings
OholibahOholah
Verses
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 23:4And 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.The older was named Oholah, and her sister was named Oholibah. They became Mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. As for their identities, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
- 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.Her sister Oholibah saw this, yet in her lust and prostitution she was more depraved than her sister.
- 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;Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will incite your lovers against you, those from whom you turned away in disgust. And I will bring them against you from 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;Then the LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to 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.And they slept with her as with a prostitute; they slept with Oholah and Oholibah, those lewd women.
Notes
- Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
- Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.