Where was Avva?

A place in Assyria from which colonies were brought to Samaria (2 Kings 17:24). It is probably the same with Ivah (18:34; 19:13; Isa. 37:13). It has been identified with Hit on the Euphrates. Modern identification: Kafr Aya.

Avva is represented in the local geography layer as Kafr Aya. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 2 Kings 17:24 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.