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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #506 - אֶלֶף

Transliteration

ʼălaph

Phonetics

al-af', eh'-lef

Root Word (Etymology)

corresponding to (H505)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

2581

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) a thousand, 1000

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (3)

Daniel 3

NAS (4)

Daniel 4

HCS (4)

Daniel 4

BSB (4)

Daniel 4

ESV (4)

Daniel 4

WEB (4)

Daniel 4

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2001) p l a (אלפ ALP) AC: Guide CO: Yoke AB: Learn: The yoke of the oxen, the yoke of learning. An older experienced ox is yoked to a younger inexperienced one in order to teach it how to pull a load. A thousand, as a large number of oxen. [from: la- an ox as wearing a yoke for work] (eng: elephant)

V) p l a (אלפ ALP) - I. Learn:To learn by example in the sense of being yoked to another. II. Thousand:To make or bring forth a thousand, a thousand-fold. KJV (5): (vf: Hiphil, Paal, Piel) teach, learn, utter, bring forth thousands - Strongs: H502 (אָלַף), H503 (אָלַף)

N^m) p l a (אלפ ALP) - I. Ox: II. Thousand:[Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (517): kine, oxen, family - Strongs: H504 (אֶלֶף), H505 (אֶלֶף), H506 (אֶלֶף)

d^m) p f l a (אלופ ALWP) - Guide: One who is yoked to another to lead and teach. KJV (69): duke, guide, friend, governor, captain, ox - Strongs: H441 (אַלֻּף)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אֶלֶף , אֲלַף Ch. a thousand, Daniel 5:1, 7:10.

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List of Word Forms

אֲלַ֑ף אֶ֤לֶף אַלְפִין֙ אַלְפָּ֖א אלף אלפא אלפין ’ă·lap̄ ’al·pā ’al·p̄în ’ălap̄ ’alpā ’alp̄în ’e·lep̄ ’elep̄ aLaf alFin alPa Elef