HebrewH0419Proper Noun (Masculine)
אֶלְדָּד
el.dad
“Eldad”
2Occurrences
H0419Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Eldad, an Israelite
from H410 (אֵל) and H1730 (דּוֹד); God has loved;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at § Eldad = "God has loved" one of the two elders who prophesied in the Israelite camp
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
אֶלְדָּד appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Numbers
2
Key Passages
Numbers 11:26BSB
Two men, however, had remained in the camp—one named Eldad and the other Medad—and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp.
Numbers 11:27BSB
A young man ran and reported to Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”
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