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Lexicon :: Strong's H424 - 'ēlâ

Aa
אֵלָה
Transliteration
'ēlâ
Pronunciation
ay-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 45h

Strong’s Definitions

אֵלָה ʼêlâh, ay-law'; feminine of H352; an oak or other strong tree:—elm, oak, teil-tree.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H424 in the following manner: oak (11x), elm (1x), teil tree (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H424 in the following manner: oak (11x), elm (1x), teil tree (1x).

  1. terebinth, terebinth tree

  2. valley where David killed Goliath

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵלָה ʼêlâh, ay-law'; feminine of H352; an oak or other strong tree:—elm, oak, teil-tree.
STRONGS H424: Abbreviations
† I. אֵלָה noun feminine terebinth (= אֵילָה (?) see H352 IV. איל > StaGeschichte 455 who derives from אֵל = divine; but compare ib. on lack of clear distinction between אֵלָה, אֵלוֺן & אַלּוֺן) — Genesis 35:4 + 15 times + אֵילָה Genesis 49:21 (for MT אַיָּלָה see below) — terebinth = Pistacia terebinthus, Linn., a deciduous tree with pinnate leaves & red berries; occasional in Palestine; grows to great age; always of single tree; near Shechem Genesis 35:4 (E) compare † אַלָּה Joshua 24:26 (E, read אֵלָה ?), Ophrah Judges 6:11, 19; in Jabesh 1 Chronicles 10:12; tree in which Absalom was caught 2 Samuel 18:9 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 18:10, 14; see also 1 Kings 13:14; expressly of idol-shrine Hosea 4:13 (|| אַלּוֺן, לִבְנֶה) Ezekiel 6:13; as fading, withering, simile of Judah Isaiah 1:30; as hewn down, simile id. Isaiah 6:13 (|| אַלּוֺן); figurative of Naphtali אֵילָה שְׁלֻחָה Genesis 49:21 (Greek Version of the LXX Ew Ol Di > MT אַיָּלָה hind which see) a slender terebinth, see Di & compare II. אֵלָה; in topographic designation עֵמֶק הָא׳ 1 Samuel 17:2, 19; 1 Samuel 21:10 (see עֵמֶק).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

35:4; 35:4; 49:21; 49:21

Joshua

24:26

Judges

6:11; 6:19

1 Samuel

17:2; 17:19; 21:10

2 Samuel

18:9; 18:10; 18:14

1 Kings

13:14

1 Chronicles

10:12

Isaiah

1:30; 6:13

Ezekiel

6:13

Hosea

4:13

H424

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H424 matches the Hebrew אֵלָה ('ēlâ),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - Then they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which they had, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob put them away under the holy tree at Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:11 - Now the angel of the Lord came and took his seat under the oak-tree in Ophrah, in the field of Joash the Abiezrite; and his son Gideon was crushing grain in the place where the grapes were crushed, so that the Midianites might not see it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:19 - Then Gideon went in and made ready a young goat, and with an ephah of meal he made unleavened cakes: he put the meat in a basket and the soup in which it had been cooked he put in a pot, and he took it out to him under the oak-tree and gave it to him there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:9 - And Absalom came across some of David's men. And Absalom was seated on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great tree, and his head became fixed in the tree and he was lifted up between earth and heaven, and the beast under him went on.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:10 - And a certain man saw it and said to Joab, I saw Absalom hanging in a tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:14 - Then Joab said, I would have made it safe for you. And he took three spears in his hand, and put them through Absalom's heart, while he was still living, in the branches of the tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:14 - And went after the man of God, and came up with him while he was seated under an oak-tree. And he said to him, Are you the man of God who came from Judah? And he said, I am.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:12 - All the fighting-men came up and took away Saul's body and the bodies of his sons, and took them to Jabesh, and put their bones to rest under the oak-tree in Jabesh, and took no food for seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:30 - For you will be like a tree whose leaves have become dry, and like a garden without water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:13 - And even if there is still a tenth part in it, it will again be burned, like a tree of the woods whose broken end is still in the earth after the tree has been cut down (the holy seed is the broken end).

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:13 - And you will be certain that I am the Lord, when their dead men are stretched among their images round about their altars on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every branching tree, and under every thick oak-tree, the places where they made sweet smells to all their images.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:13 - They make offerings on the tops of mountains, burning perfumes in high places, under trees of every sort, because their shade is good: and so your daughters are given up to loose ways and your brides are false to their husbands.
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