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Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #2332 - חַוָּה
Transliteration
Chavvâh
Phonetics
khav-vaw'
Origin
causatively from (H2331)
Parts of Speech
proper feminine noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Eve = "life" or "living"
- the first woman, wife of Adam
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
ASV (2)
Genesis
2
BSB (2)
Genesis
2
CSB (2)
Genesis
2
ESV (2)
Genesis
2
KJV (2)
Genesis
2
LEB (2)
Genesis
2
LSB (2)
Genesis
2
N95 (2)
Genesis
2
NAS (2)
Genesis
2
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (2)
Genesis
2
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
I. חַוָּה proper name, feminine ( life, see Di Genesis 3:20; > We Prol. 1886,322; Skizzen iii. 217 after Nö who suggests serpent as possible meaning, compare Arabic 
; but RS K 177 'mother of every µayy,' see II. חַי below חיה) — Genesis 3:20 and the man called his wife חַוָּ֑ה, because she was אֵם כָּלחָֽֿי׃; compare אִשְׁתּוֺ׳ח Genesis 4:1 (both J). — II. חַוָּה village, see below below II. חוה.
; but RS K 177 'mother of every µayy,' see II. חַי below חיה) — Genesis 3:20 and the man called his wife חַוָּ֑ה, because she was אֵם כָּלחָֽֿי׃; compare אִשְׁתּוֺ׳ח Genesis 4:1 (both J). — II. חַוָּה village, see below below II. חוה.
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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
חַוָּה i.q. חַיָּה (from the root חָוָה = חָיָה, comp. הַוָּה and הַיָּה), f.
(1) life. Hence [Eve], pr.n. of the first woman, as being the mother of all living (אֵם כָּל־חַי), Genesis 3:20, 4:1. LXX. Εὔα (comp. חִוִּי, Εὐαῖος ). Vulg. Heva.
(2) i.q. חַיָּה No. 2, Arab. حَىُّ a family, a tribe, especially of Nomades, hence a village of Nomades, a village [“prop. place where one lives, dwells, so Germ. leben in pr.n. Eisleben, Afchersleben”], (as on the contrary אֹהֶל, أَهْلُ properly a tent, hence a family, men), Numbers 32:41; Deuteronomy 3:14; Joshua 13:30; Judges 10:4; 1 Kings 4:13. Another etymology has commonly been sought from Arab. حوى to collect, to gather together, V. to roll oneself in a circle; which is altogether needless.
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List of Word Forms
חַוָּ֑ה חַוָּ֣ה חוה chavVah ḥaw·wāh ḥawwāh
