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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #359 - אֵילַת

Transliteration

ʼÊylôwth

Phonetics

ay-loth', ay-lath'

Origin

from (H352)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Elath or Eloth = "grove of lofty trees"
1. a port on the north-east arm of the Red Sea

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (8)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 2

BSB (8)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 2

CSB (8)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 2

ESV (8)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 2

KJV (8)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 2

LEB (8)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 2

LSB (4)

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 2

N95 (4)

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 2

NAS (4)

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (8)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אֵילַת proper name, of a location ( lofty tree ( s collective?) i.e. palms? compare Di Genesis 14:6) town & harbour, northeast arm of Red Sea, hence called lanitic Gulf (= Gulf of Akaba, from neighbouring fortress) Deuteronomy 2:8; 2 Kings 14:22; 2 Kings 16:6 (twice in verse) (perhaps later designation for fuller איל פארן q. v.) = ᵐ5 Αἰλων, Αἰλαθ Greek Αἰλανα etc.; = אֵלָה (? Genesis 36:41 see Di), אֵילוֺת below

אֵילוֺת proper name, of a location id. ( grove of lofty trees (palms?)) 1 Kings 9:26; 2 Kings 16:6; 2 Chronicles 8:17; 26:2 (compare אֵיל מָּאוָן, אֵילַת).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אֵילַת see אֵילוֹת ·

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List of Word Forms

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