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Lexicon :: Strong's H426 - 'ĕlâ

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אֱלָהּ
Transliteration
'ĕlâ
Pronunciation
el-aw'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to אֱלוֹהַּ (H433)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2576

Strong’s Definitions

אֱלָהּ ʼĕlâhh, el-aw'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H433; God:—God, god.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 95x

The KJV translates Strong's H426 in the following manner: God (79x), god (16x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 95x
The KJV translates Strong's H426 in the following manner: God (79x), god (16x).

  1. god, God

    1. god, heathen deity

    2. God (of Israel)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֱלָהּ ʼĕlâhh, el-aw'; (Aramaic) corresponding to H433; God:—God, god.
STRONGS H426: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

אֱלָהּ 94 noun masculine god, God (= Biblical Hebrew H433 אֱלֹהַּ, see also √ I. H421 אלה); — א׳ absolute Daniel 2:28 +, construct Daniel 2:18 +; emphatic אֱלָהָא Daniel 2:20 +; suffix אֱלָהִי Daniel 6:23, הָך- Ezra 9:14 +, הֵהּ- Daniel 6:6 +, הֲהֹם- Ezra 5:5; Ezra 7:16, הֲהוֺן- Daniel 3:28 (twice in verse); Daniel 3:29, הֲכֹם- Ezra 7:17, etc.; plural absolute אֱלָהִין Daniel 2:11 +, emphatic הַיָּא- Jeremiah 10:11, construct הֵי- Daniel 5:4, 23, suffix הַי- Daniel 3:14, etc. [with prefix לֵאלָהָא Daniel 5:23, לֵאלָהָיךְ Daniel 3:14, etc.; but not in singular absolute or construct, e.g. לֶאֱלָהּ Ezra 5:12, etc.]; —
1. god, in general Daniel 6:8; Daniel 6:13; heathen deities Jeremiah 10:11; Daniel 2:11; Daniel 3:15+ 15 times Daniel (made of gold, etc. Daniel 5:4, 23) + בַּר־אֱלָהִין Daniel 3:25 (see H1247 בַּר 1).
2. 73 God (of Israel), Daniel 2:28; Ezra 5:2 +; phrase אֱלָהּ יִשׂ׳ Ezra 5:1; Ezra 6:14; Ezra 7:15; יְרוּשְׁלֵם א׳ Ezra 7:19; אֲבָהָתַי א׳ Daniel 2:23; שְׁמַיָּא Ezra 5:11 (+ וְאַרְעָא), Ezra 5:12; Ezra 6:9, 10; Daniel 2:18; Daniel 2:19 + 6 times (see שָׁמַיִם 2a); רַב א׳ Daniel 2:45; אֱלָהִין א׳ Daniel 2:47; אֱלָהָא עִלָּיָא Daniel 3:26; Daniel 3:32; Daniel 5:18, 21; חַיָּא א׳ Daniel 6:21; Daniel 6:27; also בֵּית אֱלָהָא Daniel 5:3; Ezra 4:24; Ezra 5:2 + 16 times Ezra; עֲבִידַת א׳ Ezra 6:18.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

4:24; 5:1; 5:2; 5:2; 5:5; 5:11; 5:12; 5:12; 6:9; 6:10; 6:14; 6:18; 7:15; 7:16; 7:17; 7:19; 9:14

Jeremiah

10:11; 10:11

Daniel

2:11; 2:11; 2:18; 2:18; 2:19; 2:20; 2:23; 2:28; 2:28; 2:45; 2:47; 3:14; 3:14; 3:15; 3:25; 3:26; 3:28; 3:29; 5:3; 5:4; 5:4; 5:18; 5:21; 5:23; 5:23; 5:23; 6:6; 6:8; 6:13; 6:21; 6:23; 6:27

H426

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H426 matches the Hebrew אֱלָהּ ('ĕlâ),
which occurs 51 times in 41 verses in 'Dan' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:11 - The king’s demand is impossible. No one except the gods can tell you your dream, and they do not live here among people.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - He urged them to ask the God of heaven to show them his mercy by telling them the secret, so they would not be executed along with the other wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:19 - That night the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:20 - He said,
“Praise the name of God forever and ever,
for he has all wisdom and power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:23 - I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors,
for you have given me wisdom and strength.
You have told me what we asked of you
and revealed to us what the king demanded.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:28 - But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the future. Now I will tell you your dream and the visions you saw as you lay on your bed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:37 - Your Majesty, you are the greatest of kings. The God of heaven has given you sovereignty, power, strength, and honor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44 - “During the reigns of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed or conquered. It will crush all these kingdoms into nothingness, and it will stand forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:45 - That is the meaning of the rock cut from the mountain, though not by human hands, that crushed to pieces the statue of iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold. The great God was showing the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true, and its meaning is certain.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:47

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:47 - The king said to Daniel, “Truly, your God is the greatest of gods, the Lord over kings, a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this secret.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:12 - But there are some Jews—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—whom you have put in charge of the province of Babylon. They pay no attention to you, Your Majesty. They refuse to serve your gods and do not worship the gold statue you have set up.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:14 - Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you refuse to serve my gods or to worship the gold statue I have set up?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:15 - I will give you one more chance to bow down and worship the statue I have made when you hear the sound of the musical instruments.[fn] But if you refuse, you will be thrown immediately into the blazing furnace. And then what god will be able to rescue you from my power?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:17 - If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we serve is able to save us. He will rescue us from your power, Your Majesty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:18 - But even if he doesn’t, we want to make it clear to you, Your Majesty, that we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:25 - “Look!” Nebuchadnezzar shouted. “I see four men, unbound, walking around in the fire unharmed! And the fourth looks like a god[fn]!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:26 - Then Nebuchadnezzar came as close as he could to the door of the flaming furnace and shouted: “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!”
So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego stepped out of the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:28 - Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent his angel to rescue his servants who trusted in him. They defied the king’s command and were willing to die rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:29 - Therefore, I make this decree: If any people, whatever their race or nation or language, speak a word against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, they will be torn limb from limb, and their houses will be turned into heaps of rubble. There is no other god who can rescue like this!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:2 - “I want you all to know about the miraculous signs and wonders the Most High God has performed for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:8 - At last Daniel came in before me, and I told him the dream. (He was named Belteshazzar after my god, and the spirit of the holy gods is in him.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:9 - “I said to him, ‘Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery is too great for you to solve. Now tell me what my dream means.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:18 - “‘Belteshazzar, that was the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, had. Now tell me what it means, for none of the wise men of my kingdom can do so. But you can tell me because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:3 - So they brought these gold cups taken from the Temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:4 - While they drank from them they praised their idols made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:11 - There is a man in your kingdom who has within him the spirit of the holy gods. During Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, this man was found to have insight, understanding, and wisdom like that of the gods. Your predecessor, the king—your predecessor King Nebuchadnezzar—made him chief over all the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and fortune-tellers of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:14 - I have heard that you have the spirit of the gods within you and that you are filled with insight, understanding, and wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:18 - Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, majesty, glory, and honor to your predecessor, Nebuchadnezzar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21 - He was driven from human society. He was given the mind of a wild animal, and he lived among the wild donkeys. He ate grass like a cow, and he was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he learned that the Most High God rules over the kingdoms of the world and appoints anyone he desires to rule over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - For you have proudly defied the Lord of heaven and have had these cups from his Temple brought before you. You and your nobles and your wives and concubines have been drinking wine from them while praising gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone—gods that neither see nor hear nor know anything at all. But you have not honored the God who gives you the breath of life and controls your destiny!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:26 - This is what these words mean:
Mene means ‘numbered’—God has numbered the days of your reign and has brought it to an end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:5 - So they concluded, “Our only chance of finding grounds for accusing Daniel will be in connection with the rules of his religion.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:7 - We are all in agreement—we administrators, officials, high officers, advisers, and governors—that the king should make a law that will be strictly enforced. Give orders that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:10 - But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:11 - Then the officials went together to Daniel’s house and found him praying and asking for God’s help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:12 - So they went straight to the king and reminded him about his law. “Did you not sign a law that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions?”
“Yes,” the king replied, “that decision stands; it is an official law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be revoked.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:16 - So at last the king gave orders for Daniel to be arrested and thrown into the den of lions. The king said to him, “May your God, whom you serve so faithfully, rescue you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:20 - When he got there, he called out in anguish, “Daniel, servant of the living God! Was your God, whom you serve so faithfully, able to rescue you from the lions?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:22 - My God sent his angel to shut the lions’ mouths so that they would not hurt me, for I have been found innocent in his sight. And I have not wronged you, Your Majesty.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:23 - The king was overjoyed and ordered that Daniel be lifted from the den. Not a scratch was found on him, for he had trusted in his God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:26 - “I decree that everyone throughout my kingdom should tremble with fear before the God of Daniel. For he is the living God, and he will endure forever. His kingdom will never be destroyed, and his rule will never end.
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