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Lexicon :: Strong's H424 - 'ēlâ

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אֵלָה
Transliteration
'ēlâ
Pronunciation
ay-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 45h

Strong’s Definitions

אֵלָה ʼêlâh, ay-law'; feminine of H352; an oak or other strong tree:—elm, oak, teil-tree.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H424 in the following manner: oak (11x), elm (1x), teil tree (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H424 in the following manner: oak (11x), elm (1x), teil tree (1x).
  1. terebinth, terebinth tree

  2. valley where David killed Goliath

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵלָה ʼêlâh, ay-law'; feminine of H352; an oak or other strong tree:—elm, oak, teil-tree.
STRONGS H424: Abbreviations
† I. אֵלָה noun feminine terebinth (= אֵילָה (?) see H352 IV. איל > StaGeschichte 455 who derives from אֵל = divine; but compare ib. on lack of clear distinction between אֵלָה, אֵלוֺן & אַלּוֺן) — Genesis 35:4 + 15 times + אֵילָה Genesis 49:21 (for MT אַיָּלָה 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 † אַלָּה Joshua 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 שְׁלֻחָה Genesis 49:21 (Greek Version of the LXX Ew Ol Di > MT אַיָּלָה hind which see) a slender terebinth, see Di & compare II. אֵלָה; in topographic designation עֵמֶק הָא׳ 1 Samuel 17:2, 19; 1 Samuel 21:10 (see עֵמֶק).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

35:4; 35:4; 49:21; 49:21

Joshua

24:26

Judges

6:11; 6:19

1 Samuel

17:2; 17:19; 21:10

2 Samuel

18:9; 18:10; 18:14

1 Kings

13:14

1 Chronicles

10:12

Isaiah

1:30; 6:13

Ezekiel

6:13

Hosea

4:13

H424

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H424 matches the Hebrew אֵלָה ('ēlâ),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - So they gave Jacob all the [idols and images of the] foreign gods they had and the rings which were in their ears [worn as charms against evil], and Jacob buried them under the [fn]oak tree near Shechem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:11 -

Now the [fn]Angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, and his son Gideon was beating wheat in the wine press [instead of the threshing floor] to [hide it and] save it from the Midianites.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:19 -

Then Gideon went and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket and the broth in a pot, and he brought the food to Him under the oak (terebinth) and presented it.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:9 -

Now Absalom met the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a massive tree, and his [fn]head was caught in [the thick branches of] the tree; and he was left hanging [in midair] between heaven and earth, while the mule that had been under him kept going.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:10 - A certain man saw it and informed Joab, saying, “I saw Absalom hanging in a tree.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:14 - Joab said, “I will not waste time with you.” So he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive [and caught] in the midst of the tree.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:14 - and he went after the man of God. And he found him sitting under an oak (terebinth) tree, and he said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” And he said, “I am.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:12 - all the brave men arose, took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh, and they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh; then they fasted seven days.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:30 -

For you will be like an oak whose leaf withers and dies

And like a garden that has no water.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:13 -

“And though a tenth [of the people] remain in the land,

It will again be subject to destruction [consumed and burned],

Like a massive terebinth tree or like an oak

Whose stump remains when it is chopped down.

The holy seed [the elect remnant] is its stump [the substance of Israel].”

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:13 - “Then you will know [without any doubt] that I am the LORD, when their slain are among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, under every leafy tree and under every oak with thick branches, the places where they offered sweet incense and a soothing aroma to all their idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:13 -

They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains

And burn incense on the hills,

Under oaks, poplars, and terebinths,

Because the shade is pleasant there.

Therefore your daughters play the prostitute

And your brides commit adultery.

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