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hebrew #424 - אִלָה elah (a terebinth)


Original Word:אִלָה
Transliteration: elah
Definition:a terebinth
Part of Speech:Noun Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:(ay-law')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

elm, oak, teil-tree

Feminine of 'ayil; an oak or other strong tree -- elm, oak, teil-tree.

see HEBREW 'ayil


Englishman's Concordance

1) terebinth, terebinth tree
2) valley where David killed Goliath
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H352
Same Word by TWOT Number: 45h

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. אֵלָהnoun feminineterebinth (=אֵילָה (?) see IV. איל > StaGeschichte 455 who derives from אֵל=divine; but compare ib. on lack of clear distinction between אֵלָה, אֵלוֺן & אַלּוֺן) — Genesis 35:4 15t. + אֵילָהGenesis 49:21 (for ᵑ0אַיָּלָה see below) — terebinth=Pistacia terebinthus, Linn., a deciduous tree with pinnate leaves & red berries; occasional in Palestine; grows to great age; always of single tree; near Shechem Genesis 35:4 (E) compare אַלָּהJoshua 24:26 (E, read אֵלָה?), Ophrah Judges 6:11,19; in Jabesh 1 Chronicles 10:12; tree in which Absalom was caught 2 Samuel 18:9 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 18:10,14; see also 1 Kings 13:14; expressly of idol-shrine Hosea 4:13 ("" אַלּוֺן, לִבְנֶה) Ezekiel 6:13; as fading, withering, simile of Judah Isaiah 1:30; as hewn down, simile id.Isaiah 6:13 ("" אַלּוֺן); figurative of Naphtali אֵילָה שְׁלֻחָהGenesis 49:21 (ᵐ5 Ew Ol Di > ᵑ0אַיָּלָהhind q. v.) a slender terebinth, see Di & compare II. אֵלָה; in topographic designation ׳עֵמֶק הָא1 Samuel 17:2,19; 1 Samuel 21:10 (see עֵמֶק).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 424. אֵלָה (elah) — 13 Occurrences

Genesis 35:4
HEB:יַעֲקֹ֔ב תַּ֥חַת הָאֵלָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עִם־
NAS: hid them under the oak which was near
KJV: hid them under the oak which [was] by Shechem.
INT: and Jacob under the oak which was near

Judges 6:11
HEB:וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ תַּ֤חַת הָֽאֵלָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּעָפְרָ֔ה
NAS: under the oak that was in Ophrah,
KJV: and sat under an oak which [was] in Ophrah,
INT: and sat under the oak which Ophrah

Judges 6:19
HEB:אֶל־ תַּ֥חַת הָאֵלָ֖ה וַיַּגַּֽשׁ׃ ס
NAS: [them] out to him under the oak and presented
KJV: and brought [it] out unto him under the oak, and presented
INT: to under the oak and presented

2 Samuel 18:9
HEB:תַּ֣חַת שׂוֹבֶךְ֩ הָאֵלָ֨ה הַגְּדוֹלָ֜ה וַיֶּחֱזַ֧ק
NAS: of a great oak. And his head
KJV: of a great oak, and his head
INT: under the thick oak of a great caught

2 Samuel 18:9
HEB:וַיֶּחֱזַ֧ק רֹאשׁ֣וֹ בָאֵלָ֗ה וַיֻּתַּן֙ בֵּ֤ין
NAS: caught fast in the oak, so he was left hanging
KJV: caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up
INT: caught and his head the oak was left between

2 Samuel 18:10
HEB:אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם תָּל֖וּי בָּאֵלָֽה׃
NAS: Absalom hanging in an oak.
KJV: Absalom hanged in an oak.
INT: Absalom hanging an oak

2 Samuel 18:14
HEB:חַ֖י בְּלֵ֥ב הָאֵלָֽה׃
NAS: alive in the midst of the oak.
KJV: while he [was] yet alive in the midst of the oak.
INT: alive the midst of the oak

1 Kings 13:14
HEB:יֹשֵׁ֖ב תַּ֣חַת הָאֵלָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו
NAS: under an oak; and he said
KJV: him sitting under an oak: and he said
INT: sitting under an oak said about

1 Chronicles 10:12
HEB:עַצְמוֹתֵיהֶ֜ם תַּ֤חַת הָאֵלָה֙ בְּיָבֵ֔שׁ וַיָּצ֖וּמוּ
NAS: under the oak in Jabesh,
KJV: their bones under the oak in Jabesh,
INT: their bones under the oak Jabesh and fasted

Isaiah 1:30
HEB:כִּ֣י תִֽהְי֔וּ כְּאֵלָ֖ה נֹבֶ֣לֶת עָלֶ֑הָ
NAS:For you will be like an oak whose leaf
KJV:For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf
INT: for will be like an oak fades leaf

Isaiah 6:13
HEB:וְהָיְתָ֣ה לְבָעֵ֑ר כָּאֵלָ֣ה וְכָאַלּ֗וֹן אֲשֶׁ֤ר
NAS: be [subject] to burning, Like a terebinth or an oak
KJV: and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak,
INT: be to burning A terebinth an oak Whose

Ezekiel 6:13
HEB:וְתַ֙חַת֙ כָּל־ אֵלָ֣ה עֲבֻתָּ֔ה מְק֗וֹם
NAS: every leafy oak-- the places where
KJV: and under every thick oak, the place
INT: and under every oak leafy the place

Hosea 4:13
HEB:אַלּ֧וֹן וְלִבְנֶ֛ה וְאֵלָ֖ה כִּ֣י ט֣וֹב
NAS: poplar and terebinth, Because
KJV: and poplars and elms, because the shadow
INT: oak poplar and terebinth Because is pleasant

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