Ahaz
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Ahaz
From Late Latin Achaz, from Greek Áchaz, from Hebrew Āḥāz, probably a shortening of Yəhōʾāḥāz “God grasps the hand”
Example Sentences
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In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, and reigned nine years.
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord, this same King Ahaz.
From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall
This is it: 'And the Lord said moreover unto Ahaz, saying: 'Ask for thyself a sign from the Lord thy God in the depth or in the height.
From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)
This may be coupled with another enormous fiction, the dial of Ahaz, upon which, by a bolder manoeuvre still, the sun is commanded to go backwards.
From Religion In The Heavens Or, Mythology Unveiled in a Series of Lectures by Mitchell, Logan
The sign given to Ahaz has a close parallel in a prophecy of Muhammad.
From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)
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