Lexical Summary Eldad: "God has loved", an Israelite name Original Word: אֶלְדָּדTransliteration: Eldad Phonetic Spelling: (el-dad') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "God has loved", an Israelite name Meaning: Eldad -- "God has loved", an Israelite name Strong's Concordance Eldad From 'el and dowd; God has loved; Eldad, an Israelite -- Eldad. see HEBREW 'el see HEBREW dowd Brown-Driver-Briggs H419. Eldad אֶלְדָּד proper name, masculine (God has loved, compare Sabean ורראל DHMZMG 1883. 15; see also יְדִידְיָה) one of the elders Numbers 11:26-27, probably = אֱלִידָד 34:21 where called a prince of Benjamin. — On proper names with אֵל compare those with אָב & אָח, & especially Nöl.c.,, & (Sabean) DHMEpigr. Denkm. 88. |
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