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HebrewH5933Proper Noun (Masculine)

עַלְוָה

al.vah

2Occurrences
H5933Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Alvah or Aljah, an Idumaean

or עַליָה; the same as H5932 (עַלְוָה);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at § Aliah or Alvah = "evil" a duke of Edom

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

עַלְוָה appears 2 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
1
Genesis
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:51BSB

Then Hadad died.Now the chiefs of Edom were Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

Genesis 36:40BSB

These are the names of Esau’s chiefs, according to their families and regions, by their names: Chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.