HebrewH0425Proper Noun (Masculine)

אֵלָה

e.lah

14Occurrences
H0425Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Elah, the name of an Edomite, of four Israelites, and also of a place in Palestine

the same as H424 (אֵלָה)lemma אִלָה first vowel, corrected to אֵלָה;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at § Elah = "An oak" an Edomite chief

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אֵלָה appears 14 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Kings
4
2 Kings
4
1 Chronicles
3
1 Samuel
2
Genesis
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 1:52BSB

Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,

1 Chronicles 9:8BSB

Ibneiah son of Jeroham;Elah son of Uzzi, the son of Michri;Meshullam son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;

1 Kings 16:8BSB

In the twenty-sixth year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two years.

1 Kings 16:14BSB

As for the rest of the acts of Elah, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

1 Samuel 17:19BSB

They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.