Eleph אֶ֫לֶף
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| אֶ֫לֶף | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | eleph |
| Strong's number | H504 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | cattle |
| Occurrences | 7 in 7 verses |
| Most frequent in | Deuteronomy (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
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
| KJV | kine (4), oxen (3), family (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | your 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
- Deuteronomy 7:13And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.
- Deuteronomy 28:4Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock— the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
- Deuteronomy 28:18Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.
- Deuteronomy 28:51And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish.
Psalms
- Psalm 8:7All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,
Proverbs
- Proverbs 14:4Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 30:24The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.
Notes
- 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).