Strong H170אׇהֳלָה
Oholah
- Transliteration
- 'ohŏlâh 'ohŏlâhh
- Pronunciation
- {o-hol-aw'} o-hol-aw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Aholah = "her own tent"
Detailed definition
A woman living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezk.23.4;
sister of: Oholibah (H172)
sister of: Oholibah (H172)
In the biblical story
Oholah
Symbolic name for Samaria
Oholah was a symbolic name given to Samaria, representing the northern kingdom of Israel in Ezekiel's prophecy.
In the Bible
Strong H170 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- aholah4
First verses
- 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.
- Ezekiel 23:5And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
- Ezekiel 23:36The Lord said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto 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.