Given name
Oholiab
“father's tent”
Oholiab is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewאהליאב
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Oholiab means “father's tent.”
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Where it comes from
Oholiab is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew noun 'ohel (אהל), “tent,” and the Hebrew noun 'ab (אב), “father.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Oholiab appears in Exodus 31:6.
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Oholiab’s family of names
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Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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- Abinadabshares a root
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- Abihailshares a root
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- Oholahshares a root
- Ohelshares a root
- Abitubshares a root
- Abitalshares a root
- Abishurshares a root
- Abishuashares a root
- Abishalomshares a root
- Abishagshares a root
- Abinoamshares a root
- Abimelechshares a root
- Abijamshares a root
- Abihudshares a root
- Abihushares a root
- Abiatharshares a root
- Abiasaphshares a root
- Abi-Albonshares a root
- Ahabshares a root
Similar names
If you love Oholiab, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Eliashib
“El restores” · “El causes to return”
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“power of Yah” · “Yah is strong”
>99% boys
Adonikam
“my Lord has risen” · “Lord of enemies”
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Ahitub
“my brother is goodness” · “brother of goodness”
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Igdaliah
“great is Yah” · “Yah makes great”
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Amasiah
“Yah bears” · “carried by Yah”
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Ahiam
“brother of mother” · “friend of the mother(-city; -land)”
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Obil
“[camel] driver”
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