HebrewH2332Proper Noun (Feminine)
חַוָּה
chav.vah
“Eve”
2Occurrences
H2332Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Chavvah (or Eve), the first woman
causatively from H2331 (חָוָה); life-giver;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A woman living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at ; married to Adam (H0121); mother of: Cain (H7014B), Abel (H1893) and Seth (H8352) Also named: Eua (*Εὖα *"Eve" G2096) § Eve = "life" or "living" the first woman, wife of Adam
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Feminine)
Morphology Code
N:N-F-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
חַוָּה appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Genesis
2
Key Passages
Genesis 3:20BSB
And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.
Genesis 4:1BSB
And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain.“With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.
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