אֵהוּדʼÊhûwd
proper name, masculine: a Benjamite, son of Gera
Pronunciation: ay-hood' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H164
Meanings
2. a Benjamite, son of Bilhan (1 Chronicles 7:10)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Judges 3:15 But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help, the Lord again raised up a rescuer to save them. His name was Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed man of the tribe of Benjamin. The Israelites sent Ehud to deliver their tribute money to King Eglon of Moab.
- Judges 3:16 So Ehud made a double-edged dagger that was about a foot long, and he strapped it to his right thigh, keeping it hidden under his clothing.
- Judges 3:20 Ehud walked over to Eglon, who was sitting alone in a cool upstairs room. And Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you!” As King Eglon rose from his seat,
- Judges 3:21 Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled out the dagger strapped to his right thigh, and plunged it into the king’s belly.
- Judges 3:23 Then Ehud closed and locked the doors of the room and escaped down the latrine.
- Judges 3:26 While the servants were waiting, Ehud escaped, passing the stone idols on his way to Seirah.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).