Ahaz

[ ey-haz ]

noun

1. (in the Bible) a king of Judah, 735?–715? b.c.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ahaz¹

From Late Latin Achaz, from Greek Áchaz, from Hebrew Āḥāz, probably a shortening of Yəhōʾāḥāz “God grasps the hand”

Example Sentences

This latter prince could not have been the son of Ahaz, whom he is said to have succeeded, having been born when that king was but ten or eleven years old.

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Urijah the priest made it, against King Ahaz came from Damascus.

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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.

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The sign given to Ahaz has a close parallel in a prophecy of Muhammad.

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The objection to the rendering "young woman" is that it completely nullifies the sign given to Ahaz, for children are born of young women every day—"what would really be a sign and would give confidence to mankind,—to wit, that the firstborn of all creations should take flesh and really be born a child of a virgin womb—that was what he proclaimed beforehand by the prophetic spirit."

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