Oholah אׇהֳלָה
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| אׇהֳלָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | oholah |
| Strong's number | H170 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a woman |
| Gloss | Oholah |
| Occurrences | 5 in 4 verses |
Oholah (Hebrew אׇהֳלָה, Strong's H170) is a name of a woman in the Old Testament, glossed “Oholah”. It occurs 5 times.
Definition
A woman living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezk.23.4;
sister of: Oholibah (H0172)
§ Aholah = "her own tent"
Samaria as an adulteress with Assyria (metaph)
sister of: Oholibah (H0172)
§ Aholah = "her own tent"
Samaria as an adulteress with Assyria (metaph)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | aholah (5) |
|---|---|
| BSB | oholah (4), against oholah (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Oholah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
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 23:5And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors
- 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
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).