Eleph אֶ֫לֶף

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Eleph
אֶ֫לֶף
Transliterationeleph
Strong's numberH504
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glosscattle
Occurrences7 in 7 verses
Most frequent inDeuteronomy (4)

Eleph (Hebrew אֶ֫לֶף, Strong's H504) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “cattle”. It occurs 7 times in 7 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) cattle, oxen
1a) in farming
1b) as a possession

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

Translated as

KJVkine (4), oxen (3), family (1)
BSByour herds (4), oxen (3)

Verses

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

Deuteronomy

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

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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