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Lexicon :: Strong's H410 - 'ēl

Aa
אֵל
Transliteration
'ēl
Pronunciation
ale
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Shortened from אַיִל (H352)
Dictionary Aids

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.
(b) אֵלִי my God Exodus 15:2 (poetry) Psalm 18:3; Psalm 22:2 (twice in verse); Psalm 22:11; Psalm 63:2; Psalm 68:25; Psalm 89:27; Psalm 102:25; Psalm 118:28; Psalm 140:7; Isaiah 44:17.
(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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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:1; 16:13; 21:33; 31:13; 31:29; 31:29; 35:1; 35:3; 46:3; 49:25

Exodus

15:2; 15:11; 15:11; 15:15; 20:5; 34:6; 34:14; 34:14

Numbers

12:13; 16:22; 23:8; 23:19; 23:22; 23:23; 24:4; 24:8; 24:16; 24:23; 27:16

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

8:33; 9:4; 9:46

1 Samuel

2:3

2 Samuel

22:31; 22:32; 22:33; 22:48; 23:5

2 Kings

24:15

Nehemiah

1:5; 5:5; 9:31; 9:32

Job

5:8; 41:17

Psalms

5:5; 7:12; 10:11; 10:12; 16:1; 17:6; 18:3; 18:31; 18:33; 18:48; 19:1; 22:2; 22:11; 29:1; 29:3; 31:6; 36:7; 42:3; 42:9; 42:10; 43:4; 44:21; 50:1; 50:10; 52:3; 52:7; 55:20; 57:3; 63:2; 68:20; 68:21; 68:25; 73:11; 73:17; 74:8; 77:10; 77:14; 77:15; 78:7; 78:8; 78:18; 78:19; 78:34; 78:41; 80:11; 81:10; 81:10; 82:1; 83:2; 84:3; 85:9; 86:15; 89:7; 89:27; 90:2; 94:1; 95:3; 99:8; 102:25; 104:21; 106:14; 106:21; 107:11; 118:27; 118:28; 136:26; 139:17; 139:23; 140:7; 146:5; 149:6; 150:1

Proverbs

3:27

Isaiah

5:17; 7:14; 8:8; 8:10; 9:6; 12:2; 14:13; 31:3; 40:18; 42:5; 43:10; 43:12; 44:10; 44:15; 44:17; 44:17; 45:14; 45:15; 45:20; 45:21; 46:6; 46:9

Jeremiah

32:18; 51:56

Lamentations

3:41

Ezekiel

17:13; 28:2; 28:9; 31:11; 32:21

Daniel

9:4; 11:36

Hosea

2:1; 11:9; 12:1

Jonah

4:2

Micah

2:1; 7:18

Nahum

1:2

Malachi

1:9; 2:10; 2:11

H410

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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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:18 - With whom, then, will you compare God? To what image will you liken him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:5 - This is what God the LORD says— the Creator of the heavens, who stretches them out, who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it:

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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 no god was formed, nor will there be one after me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:12 - I have revealed and saved and proclaimed— I, and not some foreign god among you. You are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, “that I am God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:10 - Who shapes a god and casts an idol, which can profit nothing?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:15 - It is used as fuel for burning; some of it he takes and warms himself, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. But he also fashions a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:17 - From the rest he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships. He prays to it and says, “Save me! You are my god!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 - This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,[fn] and those tall Sabeans— they will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you, coming over to you in chains. They will bow down before you and plead with you, saying, ‘Surely God is with you, and there is no other; there is no other god.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:15 - Truly you are a God who has been hiding himself, the God and Savior of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:20 - “Gather together and come; assemble, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry about idols of wood, who pray to gods that cannot save.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:21 - Declare what is to be, present it— let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no God apart from me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none but me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:22 - “Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 - Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales; they hire a goldsmith to make it into a god, and they bow down and worship it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:9 - Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:5 - You burn with lust among the oaks and under every spreading tree; you sacrifice your children in the ravines and under the overhanging crags.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:18 - You show love to thousands but bring the punishment for the parents’ sins into the laps of their children after them. Great and mighty God, whose name is the LORD Almighty,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:56 - A destroyer will come against Babylon; her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken. For the LORD is a God of retribution; he will repay in full.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:41 - Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven, and say:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:5 - The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far away as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty[fn] when he speaks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:2 - “Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “ ‘In the pride of your heart you say, “I am a god; I sit on the throne of a god in the heart of the seas.” But you are a mere mortal and not a god, though you think you are as wise as a god.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:9 - Will you then say, “I am a god,” in the presence of those who kill you? You will be but a mortal, not a god, in the hands of those who slay you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:21 - From within the realm of the dead the mighty leaders will say of Egypt and her allies, ‘They have come down and they lie with the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:4 - I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed: “Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:36 - “The king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will say unheard-of things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been determined must take place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10 - “Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘children of the living God.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:9 - I will not carry out my fierce anger, nor will I devastate Ephraim again. For I am God, and not a man— the Holy One among you. I will not come against their cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:12 - Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, Israel with deceit. And Judah is unruly against God, even against the faithful Holy One.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:18 - Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:2 - The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD takes vengeance and is filled with wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on his foes and vents his wrath against his enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:9 - “Now plead with God to be gracious to us. With such offerings from your hands, will he accept you?”—says the LORD Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:10 - Do we not all have one Father[fn]? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our ancestors by being unfaithful to one another?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:11 - Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the LORD loves by marrying women who worship a foreign god.

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