אׇהֳלִיבָהʼOhŏlîybâh
proper name, feminine: Oholiba (Ezekiel 23:4; Ezekiel 23:11; Ezekiel 23:22; Ezekiel 23:36; Ezekiel 23:44)
Pronunciation: o''-hol-ee-baw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H172
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Ezekiel 23:4 The older girl was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah. I married them, and they bore me sons and daughters. I am speaking of Samaria and Jerusalem, for Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 23:11 “Yet even though Oholibah saw what had happened to Oholah, her sister, she followed right in her footsteps. And she was even more depraved, abandoning herself to her lust and prostitution.
- Ezekiel 23:22 “Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will send your lovers against you from every direction—those very nations from which you turned away in disgust.
- Ezekiel 23:36 The Lord said to me, “Son of man, you must accuse Oholah and Oholibah of all their detestable sins.
- Ezekiel 23:44 And that is what they did. They had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, these shameless prostitutes.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).