Lexical Definition

‎עִוָּה‎ ʻIvvâh (iv-vaw') Ivvah ^N:N--L
or עַוָּא ʻAvvâʼ (avvaw'); (2 Kings 17:24), for ‎עַוָּה‎

Ava, Ivah.

• § Ava or Ivah = "ruin"
• Ivvah or Avva, a region of Assyria

1) a city conquered by the Assyrians

Extended Information

• Ava or Ivah = "ruin"
• Also named: av.vim (‎ע‎ַ‎ו‎ִּ‎ים‎ "Avvite" עַוִּים)

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Also see: עַוָּה

II. ‎עַוָּה‎, ‎עִוָּה‎ proper name, of a location city conquered by Assyrians; — ‎עַוָּה‎ 2Kgs 17:24 (van d. H. ‎עַוָּא‎) = ‎עִוָּה‎ 2Kgs 18:34; 2Kgs 19:13 = Isa 37:13 ᵐ5 Αια(ν), Ανα, and (2Kgs 19:13) Ουδου, A Αυτα, ᵐ5^L Αιναγ, etc.; site in Northern Syria Wkl^{Alttest. Unters. 102 f.} Benz; Sachau^{ZA xii (1897), 48} proposes Emma (Tab. Pentateuch) = Ἴμμα Ptol^{see 15, 15, modern} ±Imm between Antioch and Aleppo. — I. ‎עַוָּה‎ see below I. ‎עוה‎.

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Avva • City conquered by Assyria, people resettled in Samaria.

Ivvah (or Avva) was a city conquered by Assyria, whose people were resettled in Samaria. (2 Kings 18:34, 19:13; Isaiah 37:13; 2 Kings 17:24, 31)

• A location near Hena הֵנַע first mentioned at 2Ki.17.24;
• referred to as Ivvah or Avva עִוָּה, or Avvite עַוִּים.
  

Ivvah, also known as Avva, was a city that was conquered by the Assyrians. It is mentioned in 2 Kings 18:34 and 19:13, as well as in Isaiah 37:13, as one of the cities whose gods could not save them from the Assyrian invasion. The people of Ivvah, along with those from other conquered cities, were later resettled in Samaria by the Assyrian king (2 Kings 17:24). These people, known as the Avvites, continued to worship their own gods in their new land (2 Kings 17:31). The exact location of Ivvah is unknown, but it was likely situated somewhere in Syria or Mesopotamia.

All entries for Ivvah or Avva: עִוָּה ☩ עַוִּים