Bible Person

Aholibah

Meaning: my tent · Female · 5 cross references

Aholibah is the symbolic name Ezekiel gives to Jerusalem in the prophet's extended allegory of two sisters. She is not a historical woman but a prophetic figure representing the city's spiritual unfaithfulness. First appears in Ezek 23:4.1

AI summary: Aholibah matters because the cross references present one of Ezekiel's strongest symbolic portrayals of Jerusalem's betrayal of the Lord. Through this figure the prophet exposes idolatry, political infidelity, and the city's refusal to learn from the judgment of her sister. The imagery is severe because the moral accusation is severe. Taken together, the material presents Aholibah as a prophetic symbol of Jerusalem's covenant unfaithfulness and coming judgment.1

Central Figure

Aholibah

Meaning: my tent

My tent is in her, the name of an imaginary harlot, applied symbolically to Jerusalem, because she had abandoned the worship of the true God and given herself up to the idolatries of foreign nations.