Elat אֵילַת

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Elat (Hebrew אֵילַת, Strong's H359) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Elath”. It occurs 8 times.

Definition

§ Elath or Eloth = "grove of lofty trees"
a port on the north-east arm of the Red Sea

§ Elath or Eloth = "grove of lofty trees"
grove of lofty trees
a port on the north-east arm of the Red Sea

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	elath (5), eloth (3)
BSB	eloth (3), elath (2), which comes up from elath (1), into elath (1)

Every verse with Elat, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Deuteronomy 2:8
And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion–gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.

1 Kings 9:26
And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion–geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.King Solomon also assembled a fleet of ships at Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth in Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea.

2 Kings 14:22
He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.Azariah was the one who rebuilt Elath and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.
2 Kings 16:6
At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, drove out the men of Judah, and sent the Edomites into Elath, where they live to this day.

2 Chronicles 8:17
Then went Solomon to Ezion–geber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the coast of Edom.
2 Chronicles 26:2
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.Uzziah was the one who rebuilt Eloth and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah rested with his fathers.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).