Strong H172אׇהֳלִיבָה
Oholibah
- Transliteration
- 'ohŏlîybâh 'ohŏlîybâhh
- Pronunciation
- {o''-hol-ee-baw'} o''-hol-e-baw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Aholibah = "woman of the tent" or "the tent is in her"
Detailed definition
A woman living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezk.23.4;
sister of: Oholah (H170)
sister of: Oholah (H170)
In the biblical story
Oholibah
Symbolic name for Jerusalem
Oholibah was a symbolic name given to Jerusalem, representing the southern kingdom of Judah in Ezekiel's prophecy.
In the Bible
Strong H172 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- aholibah5
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 23:11And 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.
- 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;
- 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.