Bible Person

Alvah

Meaning: his rising up; his highness · Male · 2 cross references

Alvah is an Edomite chief-name preserved in the late lists of Esau's descendants. It belongs to the remembered leadership structure of Edom. First appears in Gen 36:40.1

AI summary: Alvah matters because the cross references keep the name within the succession of Edomite chiefs. Such entries help show how the descendants of Esau are represented not just as a family line but as a politically ordered people. Taken together, the material presents Alvah as an Edomite chief-name contributing to the recorded structure of Edom's leadership.1

Central Figure

Alvah

Meaning: his rising up; his highness