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
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h5754, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h5754.