his rising up; his highness
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
ALVAH or ALIAH. Gen_36:40; 1Ch_1:51.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Al'vah. (evil). A duke of Edom, Gen_36:40, written Aliah in 1Ch_1:51.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
al?va (עלוה, ‛alwāh): A chief (the King James Version duke) of Edom (Gen_36:40), called ?Aliah? in 1Ch_1:51. Probably the same as Alvan, or Ahan, son of Shobal son of Seir (Gen_36:23; 1Ch_1:40).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Alvah
(Hebrew Alvah', עִלְוָה, perh. evil; Sept. Γωλά), the second named of the Edomitish chieftains descended from Esau (Gen_36:40; 1Ch_1:51, in which latter passage the name is Anglicized, "Aliah," after the text עִלְיָה, Alyah'), B.C. post 1905.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.