Quick Definition
Alvah
Biblical Persons & Places
Strong's Definition
Alvah or Aljah, an Idumaean
Derivation: or עַליָה; the same as H5932 (עַלְוָה);
KJV Usage: Aliah, Alvah.
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עַלְוָה (al.vah) — Alvah. A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.40 § Aliah or Alvah = "evil" a duke of Edom
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · עול
Evil
Collocation: בְּנֵי עַלְוָה
scoundrels, evildoers literally: sons of injustice; hence: = people that are engaged in unjust behavior
noun f
Sacrifice
burnt offering = action by which humans offer a living creature to a deity by killing it and burning it in (almost) its entirety on the altar; ≈ considered to have a pleasing aroma
1 1CH 1:51 MT-Q | MT-K עַלְיָה
name
1 1CH 1:51 MT-K | MT-Q עַלְוָה
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עַלְוָה n.pr.m. in Edom base