Lexical Summary Elah: "terebinth", an Israelite name, also an Edomite name Original Word: אֵלָהTransliteration: Elah Phonetic Spelling: (ay-law') Part of Speech: Proper Name Short Definition: "terebinth", an Israelite name, also an Edomite name Meaning: Elah -- "terebinth", an Israelite name, also an Edomite name Strong's Concordance Elah The same as 'elah; Elah, the name of an Edomite, of four Israelites, and also of a place in Palestine -- Elah. see HEBREW 'elah Brown-Driver-Briggs H425. Elah II. אֵלָה proper name, masculine (terebinth, compare Genesis 49:21 below I. אֵלָה) 1 a chief of Edom Genesis 36:41 = 1 Chronicles 1:52 (= אֵילַת proper name, of a location ? see Di). 2 son of Baasha; reigned two years in Israel 1 Kings 16:6, 8, 13, 14. 3 father of Hoshea who was last king of Isr. 2 Kings 15:30; 17:1; 18:1, 9. 4 a son of Caleb 1 Chronicles 4:15 (twice in verse). 5 a son of Uzzi 1 Chronicles 9:8. |
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