Word Study · Strong's H164 · Hebrew
אֵהוּד
Ehud
ay-hood'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼÊhûwd
“Ehud, the name of two or three Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Ehud, the name of two or three Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Ehud.
- 9occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- אֵה֤וּד1
- אֵה֜וּד1
- אֵה֔וּד1
- אֵהוּד֙1
- אֵה֖וּד1
- וְאֵה֥וּד1
- וְאֵה֖וּד1
- וְאֵה֤וּד1
- וְאֵה֣וּד׀1
How it is rendered · 2
- Ehud5
- and Ehud4
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)5
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)4
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- HNpm · 5
- HC/Npm · 4
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Judges8 occurrences
- Judges 3:15אֵה֤וּדʾehudproper noun (a name)And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.here: Ehud
- Judges 3:16אֵה֜וּדʾehudproper noun (a name)Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloakhere: Ehud
- Judges 3:20וְאֵה֣וּד׀veehudconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.here: and Ehud
- Judges 3:20אֵה֔וּדʾehudproper noun (a name)Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.here: Ehud
- Judges 3:21אֵהוּד֙ʾehudproper noun (a name)And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.here: Ehud
- Judges 3:23אֵה֖וּדʾehudproper noun (a name)Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.here: Ehud
- Judges 3:26וְאֵה֥וּדveehudconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.here: and Ehud
- Judges 4:1וְאֵה֖וּדveehudconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.here: and Ehud