H5755 H5755
Ivvah (also Avva); a city conquered by the Assyrians, located in northern Syria
Ivvah was a city conquered by the Assyrian empire, mentioned in Assyrian boasts recorded in 2 Kings and Isaiah. The Rabshakeh taunts Hezekiah by listing cities whose gods could not save them, including Ivvah (2 Kings 18:34, 19:13//Isaiah 37:13). 2 Kings 17:24 mentions people from Avva being resettled in Samaria. The site is likely in northern Syria, possibly modern ʿImm between Antioch and Aleppo, though identifications vary.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A geographic proper name designating a city conquered by Assyria. The name appears in Assyrian propaganda speeches (2 Kings 18:34, 19:13//Isaiah 37:13) and in the account of foreign resettlement in Samaria (2 Kings 17:24, where the form is Avva). Transliterations vary slightly: Ivvah/Iva/Ivá/Avva, with some bracketing [ועוה]. Greek renderings include Αια(ν), Ανα, Ουδου. The site is uncertain but likely in northern Syria. The city serves rhetorically as evidence of Assyrian invincibility and divine impotence of local gods. 4×
AR["وَ-عِوَّةَ", "وَعِوَّا", "وَمِنْ-عَوَّا"]·ben["এবং-আব্বা-থেকে", "এবং-ইব্বার", "ও-ইব্বা"]·DE["[ועוה]", "und-Ivvah", "und-von-Avva"]·EN["and-Ivvah", "and-from-Avva"]·FR["[ועוה]", "et-Ivvah", "et-de-Avva"]·heb["ו-מ-עווא", "ו-עיוה", "ו-עיווה"]·HI["और-इव्वाह", "और-इव्वाह-का", "और-से-अव्वाह"]·ID["dan-Iwa", "dan-dari-Awa"]·IT["[ועוה]", "e-Ivvah", "e-da-Avva"]·jav["lan-Iwa", "lan-saking-Awa"]·KO["그리고-에서-아와", "그리고-이와", "그리고-잇와의"]·PT["e-'Ivvah", "e-Ivvah", "e-Iwah", "e-de-Avva"]·RU["и-Иввы", "и-из-Аввы"]·ES["e-Iva?", "e-Ivá", "y-de-Ava", "y-de-Iva?"]·SW["na-Iva", "na-kutoka-Awa"]·TR["ve-Avva'dan", "ve-Ivva'nin", "ve-İvva'nın"]·urd["اور-سے-عوا", "اور-عواہ-کا", "اور-عوہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. עַוָּה, עִוָּה n.pr.loc. city conquered by Assyrians;—עַוָּה 2 K 17:24 (van d. H. עַוָּא) = עִוָּה 18:34; 19:13 = Is 37:13; 𝔊 Αια(ν), Ανα, and (2 K 19:13) Ουδου, A Αυτα, 𝔊L Αιναγ, etc.; site in N. Syria WklAlttest. Unters. 102 f. Benz; SachauZA xii (1897), 48 proposes Emma (Tab. Pent.) = Ἴμμα Ptol v. 15(×2), mod. ʿImm betw. Antioch and Aleppo.—i. עַוָּה v. sub I. עוה.