אׇהֳלָה
ʼOhŏlâh · o-hol-aw'
Oholah, a symbolic name for Samaria
Lexicon
Derivation: in form a feminine of H168 (אֹהֶל), but in fact for אׇהֳלָהּ; from H168 (אֹהֶל); her tent (i.e. idolatrous sanctuary);
Oholah, a symbolic name for Samaria
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Aholah.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to reveal, behold › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader that works to reveal, behold of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אׇהֳלָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of them were aholah1 · 20%
- is aholah1 · 20%
- and aholah1 · 20%
- aholah1 · 20%
- unto aholah1 · 20%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.