אֵלʼêl
אֵל: god, see I.
Pronunciation: ale · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H410
Meanings
אלה
אֵל: god, with various subordinate applications to express idea of might
1. applied to men of might and rank (Ezekiel 31:11; Job 41:17; Ezekiel 32:21)
2. angels (Psalms 29:1; Psalms 89:7)
3. gods of the nations (Daniel 11:36; Exodus 15:11; Isaiah 43:10)
4. El (Judges 9:46; Judges 8:33; Judges 9:4)
5. as characterizing mighty things in nature (Psalms 36:7; Psalms 50:10; Psalms 80:11)
6. the one only and true God of Israel
a the God, the true God, the faithful God (Genesis 31:13; Genesis 35:1; Genesis 35:3)
b my God (Exodus 15:2; Psalms 18:3; Psalms 22:2)
c the God of Bethel, the God of heaven (Genesis 35:7; Genesis 49:25; Psalms 68:36)
d one God, a great God (Malachi 2:10; Deuteronomy 7:21; Psalms 77:14)
e God is with us (Numbers 12:13; Job 5:8; Psalms 7:12)
f El, a divine name (Genesis 33:20; Numbers 16:22; Numbers 27:16)
7. strength, power (Genesis 1:1; Genesis 31:29; Proverbs 3:27)
Same root
- אַיִלʼayil · H352properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree
- ἘλιούδElioúd · G1664God of majesty; Eliud, an Israelite
- ἠλίēlí · G2241my God
- אֲבִיאֵלʼĂbîyʼêl · H22Abiel, the name of two Israelites
- אַדְבְּאֵלʼAdbᵉʼêl · H110Adbeel, a son of Ishmael
- אוּאֵלʼÛwʼêl · H177Uel, and Israelite
- אוּרִיאֵלʼÛwrîyʼêl · H222Uriel, the name of two Israelites
- אִיתִיאֵלʼÎythîyʼêl · H384Ithiel, the name of an Israelite, also of a symbolical person
Where it appears
Appears 241 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 14:18 And Melchizedek, the king of Salem and a priest of God Most High, brought Abram some bread and wine.
- Genesis 14:19 Melchizedek blessed Abram with this blessing: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth.
- Genesis 14:20 And blessed be God Most High, who has defeated your enemies for you.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all the goods he had recovered.
- Genesis 14:22 Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I solemnly swear to the Lord, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
- Genesis 16:13 Thereafter, Hagar used another name to refer to the Lord, who had spoken to her. She said, “You are the God who sees me.” She also said, “Have I truly seen the One who sees me?”
- Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am El-Shaddai—‘God Almighty.’ Serve me faithfully and live a blameless life.
See every passage
- Genesis 14:18, 14:19, 14:20, 14:22, 16:13, 17:1, 21:33, 28:3, 31:13, 31:29, 33:20, 35:1, 35:3, 35:11, 43:14, 46:3, 48:3, 49:25
- Exodus 6:3, 15:2, 15:11, 20:5, 34:6, 34:14
- Numbers 12:13, 16:22, 23:8, 23:19, 23:22, 23:23, 24:4, 24:8, 24:16, 24:23
- Deuteronomy 3:24, 4:24, 4:31, 5:9, 6:15, 7:9, 7:21, 10:17, 28:32, 32:4, 32:12, 32:18, 32:21, 33:26
- Joshua 3:10, 22:22, 24:19
- Judges 9:46
- 1 Samuel 2:3
- 2 Samuel 22:31, 22:32, 22:33, 22:48, 23:5
- Nehemiah 1:5, 5:5, 9:31, 9:32
- Job 5:8, 8:3, 8:5, 8:13, 8:20, 9:2, 12:6, 13:3, 13:7, 13:8, 15:4, 15:11, 15:13, 15:25, 16:11, 18:21, 19:22, 20:15, 20:29, 21:14, 21:22, 22:2, 22:13, 22:17, 23:16, 25:4, 27:2, 27:9, 27:11, 27:13, 31:14, 31:23, 31:28, 32:13, 33:4, 33:6, 33:14, 33:29, 34:5, 34:10, 34:12, 34:23, 34:31, 34:37, 35:2, 35:13, 36:5, 36:22, 36:26, 37:5, 37:10, 37:14, 38:41, 40:9, 40:19, 41:25
- Psalms 5:4, 7:11, 10:11, 10:12, 16:1, 17:6, 18:2, 18:30, 18:32, 18:47, 19:1, 22:1, 22:10, 29:1, 29:3, 31:5, 36:6, 42:2, 42:8, 42:9, 43:4, 44:20, 50:1, 52:1, 52:5, 55:19, 57:2, 63:1, 68:19, 68:20, 68:24, 68:35, 73:11, 73:17, 74:8, 77:9, 77:13, 77:14, 78:7, 78:8, 78:18, 78:19, 78:34, 78:35, 78:41, 80:10, 81:9, 82:1, 83:1, 84:2, 85:8, 86:15, 89:6, 89:7, 89:26, 90:2, 94:1, 95:3, 99:8, 102:24, 104:21, 106:14, 106:21, 107:11, 118:27, 118:28, 136:26, 139:17, 139:23, 140:6, 146:5, 149:6, 150:1
- Proverbs 3:27
- Isaiah 5:16, 8:10, 9:6, 10:21, 12:2, 14:13, 31:3, 40:18, 42:5, 43:10, 43:12, 44:10, 44:15, 44:17, 45:14, 45:15, 45:20, 45:21, 45:22, 46:6, 46:9
- Jeremiah 32:18, 51:56
- Lamentations 3:41
- Ezekiel 10:5, 28:2, 28:9
- Daniel 9:4, 11:36
- Hosea 1:10, 11:9, 11:12
- Jonah 4:2
- Micah 2:1, 7:18
- Nahum 1:2
- Malachi 1:9, 2:10, 2:11
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).