Elah אֵלָה

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Elah
אֵלָה
Transliterationelah
Strong's numberH425 (H0425H, H0425I, H0425L, H0425G, H0425J, H0425K)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossElah
Occurrences16 in 15 verses
Most frequent in1 Kings (4)

Elah (Hebrew אֵלָה, Strong's H425) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Elah”. It occurs 16 times.

Definition

H0425H: Elah

A king living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.16.6;
son of: Baasha (H1201)
§ Elah = "An oak"
a king of Israel for two years, son of Baasha

H0425I: Elah

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.15.30;
father of: Hoshea (H1954)
§ Elah = "An oak"
the father of king Hoshea of Israel

H0425L: (Valley of) Elah

Elah = "An oak"

Combined with " Valley" (e.meq עֵ֫מֶק H6010I)

H0425G: Elah

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.41
§ Elah = "An oak"
an Edomite chief

H0425J: Elah

A man of the tribe of Judah living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.4.15;
son of: Caleb (H3612);
brother of: Achsah (H5915), Iru (H5900) and Naam (H5277);
father of: Kenaz (H7073J)
§ Elah = "An oak"

H0425K: Elah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at 1Ch.9.8;
son of: Uzzi (H5813J)
§ Elah = "An oak"

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

Translated as

KJVelah (16)
BSBelah (16)

Verses

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

Genesis

1 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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