Topic
Chavah
1 passage cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Genesis 3:20ISBE
And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
ka'-va (Septuagint Zoe): A transliteration of the Hebrew chawwah or chavvah, which means "life giver" "living" and appears in our English versions as Eve (Ge 3:20, see the King James Version margin).
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.