אׇהֳלִיבָמָהʼOhŏlîybâmâh
proper name: Oholibama
Pronunciation: o''-hol-ee-baw-maw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H173
Meanings
1. wife of Esau (Genesis 36:2; Genesis 36:5; Genesis 36:14)
2. an Edomite chief (Genesis 36:41; 1 Chronicles 1:52)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 36:2 Esau married two young women from Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite.
- Genesis 36:5 Oholibamah gave birth to sons named Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All these sons were born to Esau in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 36:14 Esau also had sons through Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon. Their names were Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
- Genesis 36:18 The descendants of Esau and his wife Oholibamah became the leaders of the clans of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the clan leaders who descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
- Genesis 36:25 The descendants of Anah were his son, Dishon, and his daughter, Oholibamah.
- Genesis 36:41 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,
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).