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Lexicon :: Strong's H359 - 'êlôṯ

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אֵילוֹת
Transliteration
'êlôṯ
Pronunciation
ay-loth'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אֵילוֹת ʼÊylôwth, ay-loth'; or אֵילַת ʼÊylath ; from H352; trees or a grove (i.e. palms); Eloth or Elath, a place on the Red Sea:—Elath, Eloth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H359 in the following manner: Elath (5x), Eloth (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H359 in the following manner: Elath (5x), Eloth (3x).

  1. Elath or Eloth = "grove of lofty trees"

    1. a port on the north-east arm of the Red Sea

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵילוֹת ʼÊylôwth, ay-loth'; or אֵילַת ʼÊylath ; from H352; trees or a grove (i.e. palms); Eloth or Elath, a place on the Red Sea:—Elath, Eloth.
STRONGS H359: Abbreviations
† אֵילַת proper name, of a location (lofty tree (s collective?) i.e. palms? compare Di Genesis 14:6) town & harbour, northeast arm of Red Sea, hence called lanitic Gulf (= Gulf of Akaba, from neighbouring fortress) Deuteronomy 2:8; 2 Kings 14:22; 2 Kings 16:6 (twice in verse) (perhaps later designation for fuller איל פארן which see) = Greek Version of the LXX Αἰλων, Αἰλαθ Greek Αἰλανα etc.; = אֵלָה (? Genesis 36:41 see Di), אֵילוֺת below.

† אֵילוֺת proper name, of a location id. (grove of lofty trees (palms?)) 1 Kings 9:26; 2 Kings 16:6; 2 Chronicles 8:17; 26:2 (compare פָּאוָן אֵיל, אֵילַת).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:6; 36:41

Deuteronomy

2:8

1 Kings

9:26

2 Kings

14:22; 16:6; 16:6

2 Chronicles

8:17; 26:2

H359

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Strong's Number H359 matches the Hebrew אֵילוֹת ('êlôṯ),
which occurs 8 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:8 - “And when we passed beyond our brethren, the descendants of Esau who dwell in Seir, away from the road of the plain, away from Elath and Ezion Geber, we turned and passed by way of the Wilderness of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:26 - King Solomon also built a fleet of ships at Ezion Geber, which is near Elath[fn] on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:22 - He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king rested with his fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:6 - At that time Rezin king of Syria captured Elath for Syria, and drove the men of Judah from Elath. Then the Edomites[fn] went to Elath, and dwell there to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:17 - Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath[fn] on the seacoast, in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:2 - He built Elath[fn] and restored it to Judah, after the king rested with his fathers.
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