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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - “So we bypassed the territory of our relatives, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We avoided the road through the Arabah Valley that comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber.
“Then as we turned north along the desert route through 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, a port near Elath[fn] in the land of Edom, along the shore of the Red Sea.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:22 - After his father’s death, Uzziah rebuilt the town of Elath and restored it to Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:6 - At that time the king of Edom[fn] recovered the town of Elath for Edom.[fn] He drove out the people of Judah and sent Edomites[fn] to live there, as they do to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:17 - Later Solomon went to Ezion-geber and Elath,[fn] ports along the shore of the Red Sea[fn] in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:2 - After his father’s death, Uzziah rebuilt the town of Elath[fn] and restored it to Judah.
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