Type Settlement
Usage Biblical
Scripts עִוָּה(Ancient Hebrew)

Meaning & History

Derived from Hebrew עַוָּה (ʿawwa) meaning "ruin, destruction" [1]. According to the Old Testament, this was the name of a city in Assyria.

Related Names

Other Languages & Cultures'Iwwa(Biblical Hebrew)

Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h5754, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h5754.
Entry added October 6, 2024