Elem עֶ֫לֶם
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| עֶ֫לֶם | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | elem |
| Strong's number | H5958 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | youth |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
Elem (Hebrew עֶ֫לֶם, Strong's H5958) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “youth”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
young man
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | stripling (1), man (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | young man is (1), young man (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Elem, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 17:56And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.“Find out whose son this young man is!” said the king.
- 1 Samuel 20:22But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the Lord hath sent thee away.But if I say to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then you must go, for the LORD has sent you away.
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).