Strong H5755עַוָּה
Ivvah
- Transliteration
- ‛ivvâh ‛avvâ'
- Pronunciation
- {iv-vaw'} av-vaw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
For H5754; Ivvah or {Avva} a region of Assyria: - {Ava} Ivah.
Meaning of the name
Ava or Ivah = "ruin"
Detailed definition
Ivvah (or Avva) was a city conquered by Assyria, whose people were resettled in Samaria. (2 Kings 18:34, 19:13; Isaiah 37:13; 2 Kings 17:24, 31)
In the biblical story
Ivvah
City conquered by Assyria, people resettled in Samaria.
Ivvah (or Avva) was a city conquered by Assyria, whose people were resettled in Samaria. (2 Kings 18:34, 19:13; Isaiah 37:13; 2 Kings 17:24, 31)
In the Bible
Strong H5755 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ivah3
- ava1
First verses
- 2 Kings 17:24And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
- 2 Kings 18:34Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
- 2 Kings 19:13Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
- Isaiah 37:13Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?