Bible Dictionary
Ivah
Ivah, or Avva, was a place in the Assyrian or Babylonian region whose people were among those transferred to Samaria. Its location is commonly associated with the Euphrates area.
Definition
Ivah, or Avva, was a city or region in the Assyrian-Babylonian area. Its people were among those transferred to Samaria by the Assyrians.
Biblical Usage
Ivah is mentioned with Hena and Sepharvaim in accounts concerning Assyrian power and the resettlement of Samaria.
Historical Background
It was thought to lie on the Euphrates, between Sepharvaim and Henah, and may have been identical with the modern site of Hit. Some have also associated it with the Ahava of Ezra.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Overturning, a city of the Assyrians, whence colonists were brought to Samaria (2 Kings 18:34; 19:13). It lay on the Euphrates, between Sepharvaim and Henah, and is supposed by some to have been the Ahava of Ezra (8:15).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(ruined), or A’va, which is mentioned in Scripture twice, (2 Kings 18:34; 19:13) comp. Isai 37:13 In connection with Hena and Sepharvaim, and once, (2 Kings 17:24) in connection with Babylon and Cuthah, must be sought in Babylonia, and is probably identical with the modern Hit, on the Euphrates.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>i'-va.</p><p>See IVVAH.</p>