H172: אׇהֳלִיבָה
ʼOhŏlîybâh · pronounced o''-hol-ee-baw' · “Oholibah”
Definition
Oholibah, a symbolic name for Judah
KJV translates it as: Aholibah.
Word origin: (similarly with H170 (אׇהֳלָה)) for אׇהֳלִיבָהּ ; from H168 (אֹהֶל); my tent (is) in her;
Extended definition
sister of: Oholah (H0170)
§ Aholibah = "woman of the tent" or "the tent is in her"
(metaph) Jerusalem as adulterous wife of Jehovah
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H172 is translated
- oholibah ×4
- was oholibah ×1
- o oholibah ×1
Bible verses with H172 (ʼOhŏlîybâh)
ʼohŏlîybâh appears in 5 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 23:11
And 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 23:22
Therefore, 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 23:36
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.