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Lexicon :: Strong's H410 - 'ēl

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אֵל
Transliteration
'ēl
Pronunciation
ale
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Shortened from אַיִל (H352)
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TWOT Reference: 93a

Strong’s Definitions

אֵל ʼêl, ale; shortened from H352; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity):—God (god), × goodly, × great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in '-el.'


KJV Translation Count — Total: 245x

The KJV translates Strong's H410 in the following manner: God (213x), god (16x), power (4x), mighty (5x), goodly (1x), great (1x), idols (1x), Immanuel (with H6005) (2x), might (1x), strong (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 245x
The KJV translates Strong's H410 in the following manner: God (213x), god (16x), power (4x), mighty (5x), goodly (1x), great (1x), idols (1x), Immanuel (with H6005) (2x), might (1x), strong (1x).
  1. god, god-like one, mighty one

    1. mighty men, men of rank, mighty heroes

    2. angels

    3. god, false god, (demons, imaginations)

    4. God, the one true God, Jehovah

  2. mighty things in nature

  3. strength, power

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵל ʼêl, ale; shortened from H352; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity):—God (god), × goodly, × great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in '-el.'
STRONGS H410: Abbreviations
II. אֵל noun masculine (also, in proper name אֶל, אֱלִי; Samaritan אל, Phoenician אל, אלן (i.e. probably אֵלֹן), Sabean אל, DHMOr. Congr. Leiden, 1883, Assyrian ilu, Dlw; perhaps also Arabic, Aramaic compare Nöon the passage; on goddess אלת Phoenician, Palmyrene, Nabataean, Sabean (also אלהת) DHMl.c.; Arabic إِلَاهَهَ (plural إِلَاهَات) FlKl. Schr. i. 154, Assyrian Allatu Jr66, Syriac aXTXhXlAF  , compare also BaeRel 58, 90, 97, 271, 207) god, but with various subordinate applications to express idea of might; — hardly ever in prose except with defining word (adjective or genitive); its only suffix is יִ֯; —
† 1. applied to men of might and rank, אֵל גוים mighty one of the nations Ezekiel 31:11 (of Nebuchadnezzar; Greek Version of the LXX ἄρχων ἔθνων, איל some MSS. Co); אֵלִים mighty men Job 41:17 (אילים, many MSS. Di); אֵלֵי גִבּוֺרִים mighty heroes Ezekiel 32:21 (אֵילֵי MSS. Co); אֵילֵי הָאֶרֶץ Ezekiel 17:13; 2 Kings 24:15 (Kt אולי); אֵילִים Exodus 15:15 (probably plural of III. אַיִל, which see) These readings are uncertain because of an effort to distinguish these forms from the divine name. אֵל גִּבּוֺר mighty hero (as above) ordivine hero (as reflecting the divine majesty) Isaiah 9:6.
†2. angels, בְּנֵי אֵלִים Psalm 29:1; Psalm 89:7 = בְּנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים.
†3. gods of the nations, אֵל אֵלִים God of gods, supreme God Daniel 11:36; מִי כָמֹכָה בָּאֵלִם who is like thee among the gods Exodus 15:11; idols Isaiah 43:10; Isaiah 44:10, 15, 17; Isaiah 46:6; מי אל בשמים what God in heaven Deuteronomy 3:24; אֵל אחר another god Exodus 34:14 (J); אֵל זר foreign god Psalm 44:21; Psalm 81:10; אל נכר Deuteronomy 32:12; Malachi 2:11; Psalm 81:10.
†4. H1286 El proper name אל ברית El Berith Judges 9:46 (= בעל ברית Judges 8:33; Judges 9:4) compare also 6 (f) below.
†5. as characterizing mighty things in nature, חררי אל mighty mountains Psalm 36:7 (literally mountains of El); also Psalm 50:10 Ol Bi Che see below II. אלף; ארזי אל mighty cedars Psalm 80:11; כוכבי אל lofty stars Isaiah 14:13.
6. God217, the one only and true God of Israel:
(a) הָאֵל the God, the true God Genesis 31:13; Genesis 35:1, 3; Genesis 46:3 (E) 2 Samuel 22:31, 33, 48 (= Psalm 18:31; Psalm 18:33; Psalm 18:48) Psalm 68:20; Psalm 68:21; Psalm 77:15; הָאֵל הַנֶּאֱמָן the faithful God Deuteronomy 7:9; האל הגדול the great God Deuteronomy 10:17 = Jeremiah 32:18; Daniel 9:4; Nehemiah 1:5; Nehemiah 9:32; האל הקדשׁ the holy God Isaiah 5:17; האל יהוה the God Yahweh Isaiah 42:5; Psalm 85:9.
(c) construct אל בית אל the God of Bethel, who had his seat there [H416 Genesis 35:7] (E); אל אביך God of thy fathers Genesis 49:25 (poetry); אל ישראל Psalm 68:36; אל יעקב Psalm 146:5; אל השמים the God of heaven Psalm 136:26; אל סלעי the God who is my rock Psalm 42:10; אל שמחת גילי the God who is the joy of my exultation Psalm 43:4; אֵל רֳאִי the God who lets himself be seen Genesis 16:13 (J); אל הכבוד the God of glory Psalm 29:3; אל דעות the all-knowing God 1 Samuel 2:3 (poetry); אֵל עוֺלָם the everlasting God Genesis 21:33 (J); אל ישועתי Isaiah 12:2; אל חַיָּ֑י Psalm 42:9; אל אמת Psalm 31:6 = אל אֱמוּנָה Deuteronomy 32:4 (poetry); אל נקמות Psalm 94:1 (twice in verse); אל גְּמֻלוֺת Jeremiah 51:56.
(d) אל אֶחָד one God Malachi 2:10; אל גדול a great God Deuteronomy 7:21; Psalm 77:14; Psalm 95:3; אל מסתתר a God hiding himself Isaiah 45:15; אל רחום a compassionate God Exodus 34:6 (J) Deuteronomy 4:31; Psalm 86:15; אל נשא a forgiving God Psalm 99:8; אל חַנּוּן a gracious God Nehemiah 9:31; Jonah 4:2; אל קנא a jealous God Exodus 20:5; Exodus 34:14 (J) Deuteronomy 4:24; Deuteronomy 5:9; Deuteronomy 6:15; Joshua 24:19 (D) = אל קנוא Nahum 1:2; אֵל חי a living God Joshua 3:10 (J) Hosea 2:1; Psalm 42:3; Psalm 84:3; אל צדיק Isaiah 45:21; לא אֵל חפץ רשע Psalm 5:5; לא אֵל Deuteronomy 32:21 (poetry) Isaiah 31:3; Ezekiel 28:2 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 28:9; מי אל כמוךָ Micah 7:18 (compare Exodus 15:11).
(e) God (the only true God, needing no article or predicate to define him) Numbers 12:13 (E read אַל Di) always in poetry, Job 5:8 + (55 times Job), Psalm 7:12; Psalm 10:11, 12; Psalm 16:1; Psalm 17:6; Psalm 19:1; Psalm 52:3, 7; Psalm 55:20; Psalm 57:3; Psalm 73:11, 17; Psalm 74:8; Psalm 77:10; Psalm 78:7, 8, 18, 19, 34, 41; Psalm 82:1; Psalm 83:2; Psalm 90:2; Psalm 104:21; Psalm 106:14, 21; Psalm 107:11; Psalm 118:27; Psalm 139:17, 23; Psalm 149:6; Psalm 150:1; Isaiah 40:18; Isaiah 43:12; Isaiah 45:14, 20; Isaiah 46:9; Lamentations 3:41; Hosea 11:9; Hosea 12:1; Malachi 1:9; עִמָּנוּאל God is with us, as name of child in prediction Isaiah 7:14; compare Isaiah 8:8, 10.
(f) El, a divine name אל אלהי ישראל [H415 Genesis 33:20] (E); אל אלהי הרוחות Numbers 16:22 (P = יהוה אלהי הרוחות Numbers 27:16); אל אלהים יהוה Joshua 22:22 (P) Psalm 50:1. This is probable also in the ancient poems, Numbers 23:8, 19, 22, 23; Numbers 24:4, 8, 16, 23 (poetry Balaam || שדּי & עליון) Deuteronomy 32:18; Deuteronomy 33:26 (poetry Moses || צוּר & אֱלֹהֵי קֶדֶם) 2 Samuel 22:32; 2 Samuel 23:5 (poetry David || צוּר) and in the combinations אל עליון (5 times; see עליון) & אל שדּי (10 times; see שַׁדַּי).
†7. אֵל strength, power (on connection with I. אָלָה compare Di Genesis 1:1; Genesis 31:29) in יֶשׁ־לְאֵל יָדִי it is according to the power of my hand = it is in my power, etc. Genesis 31:29 (E; followed by לְ + Infinitive); בִּהְיוֺת לְאֵל יָדְ֯יךָ Proverbs 3:27 (followed by id.); יֶשׁ־לְאֵל יָדָם Micah 2:1; (absolute); negative וְאֵין לְאֵל יָדֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 28:32 (absolute) = thou shalt be powerless, so Nehemiah 5:5. **See also BrockZAW xxvi (1906). 29 ff. (meaning 'might' very dubious: renders belongs to the god of (my) hand, supposing phrase a survival, with original meaning forgotten, of ancient idea, found also among other nations, of spirits conferring powers upon particular members of body).
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Strong's Number H410 matches the Hebrew אֵל ('ēl),
which occurs 245 times in 235 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 5 (Isa 31:3–Mal 2:11)

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:3 -

Now the Egyptians are human and not God H410,

And their horses are flesh and not spirit;

So the LORD will stretch out His hand,

And any helper will stumble,

And one who is helped will fall.

And all of them will come to an end together.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:18 -

To whom then will you liken God H410?

Or what likeness will you compare with Him?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:5 -

This is what God H410 the LORD says,

Who created the heavens and stretched them out,

Who spread out the earth and its [fn]offspring,

Who gives breath to the people on it

And spirit to those who walk in it:

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:10 -

“You are My witnesses,” declares the LORD,

“And My servant whom I have chosen,

So that you may know and believe Me

And understand that I am He.

Before Me there was no God H410 formed,

And there will be none after Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:12 -

“It is I who have declared and saved and proclaimed,

And there was no strange god among you;

So you are My witnesses,” declares the LORD,

“And I am God H410.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:10 - Who has fashioned a god H410 or cast an idol to no benefit?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:15 - Then it becomes something for a person to burn, so he takes one of them and gets warm; he also makes a fire and bakes bread. He also makes a god H410 and worships it; he makes it a carved image and bows down before it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:17 - Yet the rest of it he makes into a god H410, his carved image. He bows down before it and worships; he also prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god H410.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 -

This is what the LORD says:

“The [fn]products of Egypt and the merchandise of [fn]Cush

And the Sabeans, men of stature,

Will come over to you and will be yours;

They will walk behind you, they will come over in chains

And will bow down to you;

They will plead with you:

[fn]God H410 certainly is [fn]with you, and there is no one else,

No other God.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:15 -

Truly, You are a God H410 who hides Himself,

God of Israel, Savior!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:20 -

“Gather yourselves and come;

Come together, you survivors of the nations!

They have no knowledge,

Who carry around [fn]their wooden idol

And pray to a god H410 who cannot save.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:21 -

“Declare and present your case;

Indeed, let them consult together.

Who has announced this long ago?

Who has long since declared it?

Is it not I, the LORD?

And there is no other God besides Me,

A righteous God H410 and a Savior;

There is none except Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:22 -

“Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth;

For I am God H410, and there is no other.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 -

“Those who lavish gold from the bag

And weigh silver on the scale,

Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god H410;

They bow down, indeed they worship it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:9 -

“Remember the former things long past,

For I am God H410, and there is no other;

I am God, and there is no one like Me,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:5 -

Who inflame yourselves among the oaks,

Under every luxuriant tree,

Who slaughter the children in the [fn]ravines,

Under the clefts of the rocks?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:18 - who shows mercy to thousands, but repays the wrongdoing of fathers into the laps of their children after them, great and mighty God H410. The LORD of armies is His name;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:56 -

For the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon,

And her warriors will be captured,

Their bows shattered;

For the LORD is a God H410 of retribution,

He will fully repay.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:41 -

We raise our heart [fn]and hands

Toward God H410 in heaven;

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:5 - Moreover, the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer courtyard, like the voice of [fn]God H410 Almighty when He speaks.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:2 - “Son of man, say to the [fn]leader of Tyre, ‘The Lord [fn]GOD says this:

“Because your heart is haughty

And you have said, ‘I am a god H410,

I sit in the seat of [fn]gods

In the heart of the seas’;

Yet you are a mortal and not God H410,

Although you make your heart like the heart of God

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:9 -

‘Will you still say, “I am a god,”

In the presence of one who kills you,

Though you are a mortal and not God H410,

In the hands of those who wound you?

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:21 - “The strong H410 among the mighty ones shall speak of him and his helpers from the midst of Sheol: ‘They have gone down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, killed by the sword.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:4 - I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, and said, “Oh, Lord, the great and awesome God H410, who keeps His covenant and faithfulness for those who love Him and keep His commandments,
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:36 -

“Then the king will do as he pleases, and he will exalt himself and boast against every god H410 and will speak [fn]dreadful things against the God H410 of gods H410; and he will be successful until the indignation is finished, because that which is determined will be done.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10 -

[fn]Yet the number of the sons of Israel

Will be like the sand of the sea,

Which cannot be measured or counted;

And in the place

Where it is said to them,

“You are not My people,”

It will be said to them,

You are the sons of the living God H410.”

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:9 -

I will not carry out My fierce anger;

I will not destroy Ephraim again.

For I am God H410 and not a man, the Holy One in your midst,

And I will not come in [fn]wrath.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:12 -

[fn]Ephraim surrounds Me with lies

And the house of Israel with deceit;

[fn]Judah is still unruly against God H410,

Even against the Holy One who is faithful.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:2 - Then he prayed to the LORD and said, “Please LORD, was this not [fn]what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore in anticipation of this I fled to Tarshish, since I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God H410, slow to anger and abundant in mercy, and One who relents of disaster.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:1 -

Woe to those who devise wrongdoing,

Who practice evil on their beds!

[fn]When morning comes, they do it,

Because it is in the power H410 of their hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:18 -

Who is a God H410 like You, who pardons wrongdoing

And passes over a rebellious act of the remnant of His [fn]possession?

He does not retain His anger forever,

Because He delights in mercy.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:2 -

A jealous and avenging God H410 is the LORD;

The LORD is avenging and [fn]wrathful.

The LORD takes vengeance on His adversaries,

And He reserves wrath for His enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:9 - “But now, do indeed plead for God’s H410 favor, so that He will be gracious to us. [fn]With such an offering on your part, will He receive any of you kindly?” says the LORD of armies.
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:10 -

Do we not all have one Father? Is it not one God H410 who has created us? Why do we deal treacherously, each against his brother so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:11 - Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the LORD [fn]which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god H410.

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