H163 אַהֲוָא
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 3 KJV occurrences
אַהֲוָא
ʼAhăvâʼ · a-hav-aw'
Definition
Ahava, a river of Babylonia
KJV Renderings
Ahava.
Derivation / Etymology
probably of foreign origin;
KJV Verses (3)
- Ezra 8:15¶ And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; 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, 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 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.