163 - Ahava

Strong's Concordance

Original word: אַהֲוָא
Transliteration: Ahava
Definition (short): Ahava
Definition (full): Ahava -- a place and a stream in Babylon

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: probably of foreign origin
Definition: a place and a stream in Bab.
NASB Translation: Ahava (3).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Probably of foreign origin; Ahava, a river of Babylonia -- Ahava.
KJV: And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
NASB: Now I assembled them at the river that runs to Ahava, where we camped for three days; and when I observed the people and the priests, I did not find any Levites there.
KJV: Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
NASB: Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a safe journey for us, our little ones, and all our possessions.
KJV: Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
NASB: Then we journeyed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was over us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the ambushes by the way.