Difference between revisions of "Ava"

<p> Ava, in Assyria; colonists thence re. peopled [[Samaria]] after the removal of the [[Israelites]] (&nbsp;2 Kings 17:24). Probably the same as Ivah (&nbsp;2 Kings 18:34). The [[Assyrians]] according to their usual policy, having conquered Ivah, transplanted its inhabitants to Samaria, vacated by Israel's deportation. (See [[Ivah]] .) </p>

&nbsp;2 Kings 17:24&nbsp;2 Kings 18:34&nbsp;2 Kings 19:13&nbsp;2 Kings 17:31

== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71476" /> ==

<p> Place subject to [[Assyria]] from which colonists were sent to Samaria: possibly the same as AHAVAand IVAH. 2Kings 17:24. </p>

== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_90250" /> ==

<p> (n.) Same as Kava. </p>

== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_21769" /> ==

<p> (Hebrews Avva', '''''עִוָּא''''' , ''Ruin;'' Sept. '''''Αουά''''' , &nbsp;2 Kings 17:24), also IVAH (Hebrews ''Ivvah', '''''עִוָּה''''' '' , same signif.; Sept. '''''Ἀουά''''' , &nbsp;2 Kings 18:34; &nbsp;2 Kings 19:13; but in &nbsp;Isaiah 37:13, unites with the preceding word, '''''Ἀναεγγουγαυά''''' v. ''R. '''''Ἀναγουγάυα''''' '' ) '','' the capital of a small monarchical state conquered by the Assyrians, and from which King [[Shalmaneser]] sent colonies into Samaria. The early [[Jewish]] translators (Symmachus and the Targums) understand it as a mere appellative; but it is associated with other proper names as a city. Some take it for the river, or rather the town which gave name to the river [[Ahava]] of &nbsp;Ezra 8:21 (Bellermann, ''Handbuch,'' 3, 374); but this name is quite different in the Hebrews ( '''''אְהִוָא''''' ). Iken ''(Dissertt. Philol. Theolog.'' p. 152) would identify it with the Phoenician town Avatha, mentioned in the [[Notitia]] Vet. Dignitatum Imper. Romans (but the reading here is rather doubtful, see Reland, Palaest. p. 232 sq.); or with the town of Abeje, between Beirut and Sidon, which Paul [[Lucas]] mentions as the seat of a Druse prince. Michaelis supposes it to be the land of the Avites between [[Tripoli]] and Beirut, because they are described as worshippers of [[Nibhaz]] (&nbsp;2 Kings 17:31), an idol which he compares with the great stone dog that formerly stood in that quarter, on which account the [[Lycus]] obtained its name of Nahr el-Kelb, [[Dog]] River (comp. Mannert, VI, 1:380). This, however, rests upon a confusion of the [[Avim]] of &nbsp;2 Kings 17:31, with those of &nbsp;Deuteronomy 2:23; &nbsp;Joshua 13:3. (See [[Avite]]). [[Avva]] or [[Ivvah]] was doubtless a city of Mesopotamia, in the region indicated by the associated names (Babylon, Cuth, Hamath, Sepharvaim), perhaps somewhere farther east, in the direction of the classical Aria. </p>

<p> [[Ava]] (&nbsp;2 Kings 17:24), also Ivah (&nbsp;2 Kings 18:34; &nbsp;2 Kings 19:13; &nbsp;Isaiah 37:13), the capital of a small monarchical state conquered by the Assyrians, and from which king Shalmaneser sent colonies into Samaria. It is most probable that Ava was a [[Syrian]] or Mesopotamian town, of which no trace can now be found either in ancient writers or in the Oriental topographers. </p>

<p> [[Capital]] of the Burmese empire from 1364 to 1740 and from 1822 to 1835; now in ruins from an earthquake in 1839. </p>

<ref name="term_71476"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/ava Ava from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>

<ref name="term_30502"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/ava Ava from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>

<ref name="term_90250"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/ava Ava from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>

<ref name="term_21769"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/ava Ava from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>