H170: אׇהֳלָה
ʼOhŏlâh · pronounced o-hol-aw' · “Oholah”
Definition
Oholah, a symbolic name for Samaria
KJV translates it as: Aholah.
Word origin: in form a feminine of H168 (אֹהֶל), but in fact for אׇהֳלָהּ; from H168 (אֹהֶל); her tent (i.e. idolatrous sanctuary);
Extended definition
sister of: Oholibah (H0172)
§ Aholah = "her own tent"
Samaria as an adulteress with Assyria (metaph)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H170 is translated
- oholah ×4
- was oholah ×1
Bible verses with H170 (ʼOhŏlâh)
ʼohŏlâh appears in 4 verses.
- Ezekiel 23:4
And 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 23:5
And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
- Ezekiel 23:36
The Lord said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations;
- Ezekiel 23:44
Yet 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.