Ahlab — the meaning of the Hebrew name אַחְלָב

אַחְלָב

ʼAchlâb · pronounced akh-lawb' · Strong's H303 · a place

Ahlab means fatness (i.e. fertile).

Built from

חֶלֶב cheleb (same root as, H2459) — fat, whether literally or figuratively open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from the same root as H2459; fatness (i.e. fertile); Achlab, a place in Palestine.

First appearance

Judg 1:31 Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: (KJV)

Every verse that names Ahlab

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Judges

Judg 1:31

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