Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H425
אֵלָה
Elahay-law'
Elah
16 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼÊlâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H425is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H425
Elah, the name of an Edomite, of four Israelites, and also of a place in Palestine
The King James renders it: Elah.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Elah is rendered "Elah". It stands 16 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Four of the uses stand in 1 Kings, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 36:41Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,
Genesis 36:41אֵלָ֖ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's sixteen uses are in 1 Kings.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Elah12
- the Elah3
- and Elah1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֵלָה | elah | oak | Uses13 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֵלָ֖ה7
- אֵלָ֥ה1
- אֵלָ֨ה1
- אֵלָ֣ה1
- אֵלָ֗ה1
- אֵלָ֧ה1
- הָאֵלָ֑ה1
- הָֽאֵלָ֑ה1
- הָאֵלָ֗ה1
- וְאֵלָ֥ה1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)12HNpm
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular3HTd/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npm
Genesis
one use
Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,
- אֵלָ֖הʾelahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elah
1 Samuel
three uses
Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.
- הָאֵלָ֑הhaelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the Elah
They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”
- הָֽאֵלָ֑הhaelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the Elah
The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
- הָאֵלָ֗הhaelahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the Elah
1 Kings
four uses
And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.
- אֵלָ֥הʾelahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elah
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.
- אֵלָ֨הʾelahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elah
This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
- אֵלָ֣הʾelahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elah
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?
- אֵלָ֖הʾelahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elah
2 Kings
four uses
Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.
- אֵלָ֗הʾelahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elah
In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.
- אֵלָ֧הʾelahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elah
In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.
- אֵלָ֖הʾelahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elah
In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.
- אֵלָ֖הʾelahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elah
1 Chronicles
four uses
Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,
- אֵלָ֖הʾelahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elah
The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.
- אֵלָ֖הʾelahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elah
- אֵלָ֖הʾelahproper noun (a name)tagged: Elah
Ibneiah son of Jeroham; Elah son of Uzzi, the son of Michri; Meshullam son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
- וְאֵלָ֥הveelahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Elah
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.