Word Study · Strong's H424 · Hebrew
אֵלָה
elah
ay-law'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼêlâh
“an oak or other strong tree”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an oak or other strong tree
Rendered in the KJV as
elm, oak, teil-tree.
- 13occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 13 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- הָאֵלָ֖ה2
- אֵלָ֣ה1
- בָאֵלָ֗ה1
- בָּאֵלָֽה׃1
- הָֽאֵלָה֙1
- הָאֵלָ֨ה1
- הָאֵלָ֑ה1
- הָאֵלָה֙1
- הָאֵלָֽה׃1
- וְאֵלָ֖ה1
- כְּאֵלָ֖ה1
- כָּאֵלָ֣ה1
How it is rendered · 6
- the oak7
- in the oak2
- and terebinth1
- like an oak1
- like the terebinth1
- terebinth1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular7
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Ncfsa · 7
- HRd/Ncfsa · 3
- HC/Ncfsa · 1
- HNcfsa · 1
- HR/Ncfsa · 1
All 13, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 6:11הָֽאֵלָה֙haelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.here: the oak
- Judges 6:19הָאֵלָ֖הhaelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularSo Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread and an ephah of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them out to present to Him under the oak.here: the oak
2 Samuel4 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 18:9הָאֵלָ֨הhaelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularNow Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.here: the oak
- 2 Samuel 18:9בָאֵלָ֗הvaelahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularNow Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.here: in the oak
- 2 Samuel 18:10בָּאֵלָֽה׃baelahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularWhen one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”here: in the oak
- 2 Samuel 18:14הָאֵלָֽה׃haelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularBut Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.here: the oak
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 1:30כְּאֵלָ֖הkeelahpreposition + noun · feminine singularFor you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, like a garden without water.here: like an oak
- Isaiah 6:13כָּאֵלָ֣הkaelahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singularAnd though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”here: like the terebinth
Same headword in Strong's