אֵלʼêl
these (1 Chronicles 20:8; Genesis 19:8; Genesis 19:25; Genesis 26:3; Genesis 26:4)
Pronunciation: ale · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H411
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 19:8 Look, I have two virgin daughters. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do with them as you wish. But please, leave these men alone, for they are my guests and are under my protection.”
- Genesis 19:25 He utterly destroyed them, along with the other cities and villages of the plain, wiping out all the people and every bit of vegetation.
- Genesis 26:3 Live here as a foreigner in this land, and I will be with you and bless you. I hereby confirm that I will give all these lands to you and your descendants, just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father.
- Genesis 26:4 I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
- Leviticus 18:27 “All these detestable activities are practiced by the people of the land where I am taking you, and this is how the land has become defiled.
- Deuteronomy 4:42 Anyone who killed another person unintentionally, without previous hostility, could flee there to live in safety.
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).