אֵת(ʼêth)

Strong's H854

Pronunciation:
ayth
Language:
Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)

Definition

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.

Derivation

probably from H579 (אָנָה);

KJV translation

In the King James Version, אֵת is translated as: against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix..

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.