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What biblical association does the name Tel Aviv have?

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Tel Aviv–Yafo Beach and high-rise buildings in Tel Aviv–Yafo, Israel.

The name Tel Aviv has a biblical association, as it is mentioned in the Book of Ezekiel as a settlement of exiled Jews in Babylonia during the Babylonian Exile.1

While the city was founded in 1909 and named after the Hebrew translation of Theodor Herzl’s novel Altneuland (meaning "Spring Hill"), the founders chose this name specifically to evoke that historical and biblical connection.1