עַוָּה
ava · ruin, overthrow
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5754 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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ava (עַוָּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “ruin, overthrow”.
Ruin, a complete overthrow.
How to say it
a·va
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Utter ruin; everything overturned.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Ezekiel 21:27
A collapse, a collapse, a collapse I will make it; this too will not be until he comes to whom the right belongs, and I will give it to him.”
And 2 more times.