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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
Range 400 - 499


h400 'okel {o'-kel}

from h398; TWOT - 85a; n m

AV - meat 18, food 16, eating 4, victuals 3, prey 2, mealtime + h6256 1; 44

1) food

1a) cereal

1b) meat

2) food supply

3) meal, dinner


h401 'Ukal {oo-kawl'}

or 'Ukkal {ook-kawl'} apparently from h398;; n pr m

AV - Ucal 1; 1

Ucal = "devoured"

1) student or disciple of Agur


h402 'oklah {ok-law'}

from h401; TWOT - 85b; n f

AV - meat 8, devour 3, fuel 3, eat 2, consume 1, food 1; 18

1) food

1a) food, eating

1b) object of devouring, consuming

1b1) by wild beasts (figurative)

1b2) in fire

1b3) of judgment (figurative)


h403 'aken {aw-kane'}

from h3559 [compare h3651]; TWOT - 86; adv

AV - surely 9, but 3, verily 2, truly 2, certainly 1, nevertheless 1; 18

1) surely, truly, indeed

1a) truly, indeed (strong assertive force)

1b) but indeed, but in fact (emphasizing a contrast)


h404 'akaph {aw-kaf'}

a primitive root; TWOT - 87; v

AV - craveth 1; 1

1) press, urge, bend

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to crave


h405 'ekeph {eh'-kef}

from h404; TWOT - 87a; n m

AV - hand 1; 1

1) pressure, urgency, burden


h406 'ikkar {ik-kawr'}

from an unused root meaning to dig; TWOT - 88a; n m

AV - husbandman 5, plowman 2; 7

1) plowman, husbandman, farmer

1a) working the land, yet not owning any of it


h407 'Akshaph {ak-shawf'}

from h3784;; n pr loc

AV - Achshaph 3; 3

Achshaph = "I shall be bewitched"

1) city in north Canaan at foot of Mt Carmel


h408 'al {al}

a negative particle [akin to h3808]; TWOT - 90; neg adv

AV - never 2, nay 1, neither 1, no 1, none 1, nor 1, not 1, nothing 1, rather than 1, whither 1, nothing worth 1; 12

1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)

1a) do not, let not (with a verb)

1b) let there not be (with a verb understood)

1c) not, no (with substantive)

1d) nothing (as substantive)


h409 'al (Aramaic) {al}

corresponding to h408; TWOT - 2574; neg adv

AV - not 3; 3

1) no, not


h410 'el {ale}

shortened from h352; TWOT - 93a; n m

AV - God 213, god 16, power 4, mighty 5, goodly 1, great 1, idols 1, Immanuel + h6005 2, might 1, strong 1; 245

1) god, god-like one, mighty one

1a) mighty men, men of rank, mighty heroes

1b) angels

1c) god, false god, (demons, imaginations)

1d) God, the one true God, Jehovah

2) mighty things in nature

3) strength, power


h411 'el {ale}

a demonstrative particle (only in a plural sense); TWOT - 92; demonstr pron p

AV - these 7, those 2; 9

1) these, those


h412 'el (Aramaic) {ale}

corresponding to h411; TWOT - h2575; demonstr pron p

AV - these 1; 1

1) these


h413 'el {ale}

(but only used in the shortened constructive form 'el {el}) primitive particle; TWOT - 91; prep

AV - unto, with, against, at, into, in, before, to, of, upon, by, toward, hath, for, on, beside, from, where, after, within; 38

1) to, toward, unto (of motion)

2) into (limit is actually entered)

2a) in among

3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion)

4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character)

5) in addition to, to

6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of

7) according to (rule or standard)

8) at, by, against (of one's presence)

9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)


h414 'Ela' {ay-law'}

a variation of h424;; n pr m

AV - Elah 1; 1

Elah = "oak"

1) father of one of Solomon's deputies


h415 'El 'elohey Yisra'el {ale el-o-hay' yis-raw-ale'}

from h410 and h430 and h3478;; n pr obj

AV - Eleloheisrael 1; 1

El-elohe-Israel = "the mighty God of Israel"

1) name given to an altar, a location, by Jacob


h416 'El Beyth-'El {ale bayth-ale'}

from h410 and h1008;; n pr loc

AV - Elbethel 1; 1

El Bethel = "The God of the House of God"

1) the place where God revealed Himself to Jacob


h417 'elgabiysh {el-gaw-beesh'}

from h410 and h1378; TWOT - 89a; n m

AV - hailstone + h68 3; 3

1) hail (lit. - pearls of God)


h418 'alguwmmiym {al-goom-meem'}

by transposition for h484; TWOT - 89b; n m p

AV - algum 2, algum tree 1; 3

1) a tree (from Lebanon), algum trees


h419 'Eldad {el-dad'}

from h410 and h1730;; n pr m

AV - Eldad 2; 2

Eldad = "God has loved"

1) one of the two elders who prophesied in the Israelite camp


h420 'Elda`ah {el-daw-aw'}

from h410 and h3045;; n pr m

AV - Eldaah 2; 2

Eldaah = "God has known"

1) a son or descendant of Midian


h421 'alah {aw-law'}

a primitive root [rather identical with h422 through the idea of invocation]; TWOT - 95; v

AV - lament 1; 1

1) (Qal) to lament, wail


h422 'alah {aw-law'}

a primitive root; TWOT - 94; v

AV - swear 4, curse 1, adjure 1; 6

1) to swear, curse

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to swear, take an oath (before God)

1a2) to curse

1b) (Hiphil)

1b1) to put under oath, adjure

1b2) to put under a curse


h423 'alah {aw-law'}

from h422; TWOT - 91a; n f

AV - curse 18, oath 14, execration 2, swearing 2; 36

1) oath

2) oath of covenant

3) curse

3a) from God

3b) from men

4) execration


h424 'elah {ay-law'}

from h352; TWOT - 45h; n f

AV - oak 11, elm 1, teil tree 1; 13

1) terebinth, terebinth tree

2) valley where David killed Goliath


h425 'Elah {ay-law'}

the same as h424;; n pr m,loc

AV - Elah 16; 16

Elah = "An oak"

1) an Edomite chief

2) a king of Israel for two years, son of Baasha

3) the father of king Hoshea of Israel

4) a son of Caleb

5) son of Uzzi


h426 'elahh (Aramaic) {el-aw'}

corresponding to h433; TWOT - 2576; n m

AV - God 79, god 16; 95

1) god, God

1a) god, heathen deity

1b) God (of Israel)


h427 'allah {al-law'}

variation of h424; TWOT - 100a; n m

AV - oak 1; 1

1) oak

2) terebinth


h428 'el-leh {ale'-leh}

prolonged from h411; TWOT - 92; demonstr pron p

AV - these, those, this, thus, who, so, such, some, same, other, which, another, whom, they, them; 20

1) these

1a) used before antecedent

1b) used following antecedent


h429 'elleh (Aramaic) {ale'-leh}

corresponding to h428; TWOT - 2577; pron p m,f

AV - these 1; 1

1) these


h430 'elohiym {el-o-heem'}

plural of h433; TWOT - 93c; n m p

AV - God 2346, god 244, judge 5, GOD 1, goddess 2, great 2, mighty 2, angels 1, exceeding 1, God-ward + h4136 1, godly 1; 2606

1) (plural)

1a) rulers, judges

1b) divine ones

1c) angels

1d) gods

2) (plural intensive - singular meaning)

2a) god, goddess

2b) godlike one

2c) works or special possessions of God

2d) the (true) God

2e) God


h431 'aluw (Aramaic) {al-oo'}

probably prolonged from h412; TWOT - 2578; interj

AV - behold 5; 5

1) behold!, lo!


h432 'illuw {il-loo'}

probably from h408; TWOT - 96; conj

AV - but if 1, yea though 1; 2

1) if, though (contrary to fact)


h433 'elowahh {el-o'-ah rarely (shortened) 'eloahh {el-o'-ah}

probably prolonged (emphat.) from h410; TWOT - 93b; n m

AV - God 52, god 5; 57

1) God

2) false god


h434 'eluwl {el-ool'}

for h457; TWOT - 99a; adj

AV - thing of nought 1; 1

1) worthless, something worthless, ineffective

2) worthless gods, idols


h435 'Eluwl {el-ool'}

probably of foreign derivation; TWOT - 97; n

AV - Elul 1; 1

Elul = "nothingness"

1) sixth Jewish month corresponding to modern Aug. or Sep.


h436 'elown {ay-lone'}

prolonged from h352; TWOT - 45i; n m

AV - plain 9; 9

1) tree, great tree, terebinth

2) plain


h437 'allown {al-lone'}

a variation of h436; TWOT - 100b; n m

AV - oak 8; 8

1) oak, great tree


h438 'Allown {al-lone'}

the same as h437;; n pr loc, m

AV - Allon 2; 2

Allon = "great tree" or "oak"

1) city in Naphtali

2) a Simeonite


h439 'Allown Bakuwth {al-lone' baw-kooth'}

from h437 and a variation of h1068;; n pr loc

AV - Allonbachuth 1; 1

Allon Bachuth = "oak of weeping"

1) site of Deborah's (Rebekah's nurse) grave near Bethel


h440 'Elowniy {ay-lo-nee'}

or rather (shortened) 'Eloniy {ay-lo-nee'} patron from h438;; adj

AV - Elonite 1; 1

Elonite = "might" or "terebinth: a plain"

1) one of the clan of Elon


h441 'alluwph {al-loof'}

or (shortened) 'alluph {al-loof'} from h502; TWOT - 109b; adj m

AV - duke 57, guide 4, friends 2, governors 2, captains 1, governor 1, ox 2; 69

1) tame, docile

2) friend, intimate

3) chief


h442 'Aluwsh {aw-loosh'}

of uncertain derivation;; n pr loc

AV - Alush 2; 2

Alush = "I will knead (bread)"

1) a wilderness encampment following the Exodus


h443 'Elzabad {el-zaw-bawd'}

from h410 and h2064;; n pr m

AV - Elzabad 2; 2

Elzabad = "God has given"

1) a Gadite warrior who aided David

2) a Korhite Levite


h444 'alach {aw-lakh'}

a primitive root;; TWOT - 98; v

AV - become filthy 3; 3

1) (Niphal) to be corrupt morally, tainted


h445 'Elchanan {el-khaw-nawn'}

from h410 and h2603;; n pr m

AV - Elhanan 4; 4

Elhanan = "God has been gracious"

1) Jair's son who fought the Gittites

2) Dodo's son who was a chief of David


h446 'Eliy'ab {el-ee-awb'}

from h410 and h1;; n pr m

AV - Eliab 21; 21

Eliab = "my God is father" or "God is father"

1) son of Helon, leader of Zebulun in the wilderness

2) a Reubenite chief, father of Dathan and Abiram

3) David's oldest brother

4) a Levite musician

5) a Gadite warrior for David

6) a Kohathite


h447 'Eliy'el {el-ee-ale'}

from h410 repeated;; n pr m

AV - Eliel 10; 10

Eliel = "my God is God" or "El is God"

1) an ancestor of Samuel

2) chief in David's army (might be two or three different men)

3) a Levite with David in moving the ark

4) a chief of Manasseh

5) two chiefs of Benjamin

6) a chief Kohathite

7) a Levite


h448 'Eliy'athah {el-ee-aw-thaw'}

or (contraction) 'Eliyathah {el-ee-yaw-thaw'} from h410 and h225;; n pr m

AV - Eliathah 2; 2

Eliathah = "God has come"

1) a Hemanite musician in David's court


h449 'Eliydad {el-ee-dawd'}

from the same as h419;; n pr m

AV - Elidad 1; 1

Elidad = "my God has loved"

1) a Benjamite chief who helped apportion his tribe's allotment to the Promised Land


h450 'Elyada` {el-yaw-daw'}

from h410 and h3045;; n pr m

AV - Eliada 3, Eliadah 1; 4

Eliadah or Eliada = "God knows"

1) a son of David

2) a Benjamite warrior chief

3) an Aramean, the father of an enemy of Solomon


h451 'alyah {al-yaw'}

from h422 (in the original sense of strength); TWOT - 95a; n f

AV - rump 5; 5

1) tail, fat-tail (of sheep - an Eastern delicacy)


h452 'Eliyah {ay-lee-yaw'}

or prolonged 'Eliyahuw {ay-lee-yaw'-hoo} from h410 and h3050;; n pr m

AV - Elijah 69, Eliah 2; 71

Elijah or Eliah = "my God is Jehovah" or "Yah(u) is God"

1) the great prophet of the reign of Ahab

2) Benjamite son of Jeroham

3) a son of Elam with foreign wife during exile

4) a son of Harim, and priest, with foreign wife during exile


h453 'Eliyhuw {el-ee-hoo'}

or (fully) 'Eliyhuw' {el-ee-hoo'} from h410 and h1931;; n pr m

AV - Elihu 11; 11

Elihu = "He is my God"

1) the younger man who rebuked Job and his three friends

2) an Ephraimite, Samuel's great grandfather

3) a Manassite warrior chief for David

4) son of Shemaiah and Korhite gatekeeper

5) David's brother


h454 'Ely@how`eynay {el-ye-ho-ay-nah'ee}

or (shortened) 'Elyow`eynay {el-yo-ay-nah'ee} from h413 and h3068 and h5869;; n pr m

AV - Elioenai 8, Elihoenai 1; 9

Elioenai or Elihoenai = "unto Jehovah are my eyes"

1) a Korahite temple doorkeeper, son of Meshelemiah

2) two men with foreign wife during the exile; one a priest

3) a son of Neariah

4) a Simeonite

5) a Benjamite, son of Becher


h455 'Elyachba' {el-yakh-baw'}

from h410 and h2244;; n pr m

AV - Eliahba 2; 2

Eliahba = "God hides"

1) one of David's mighty warriors


h456 'Eliychoreph {el-ee-kho'-ref}

from h410 and h2779;; n pr m

AV - Elihoreph 1; 1

Elihoreph = "God of winter (harvest-time)"

1) a scribe in Solomon's court


h457 'eliyl {el-eel'}

apparently from h408; TWOT - 99a; adj m

AV - idol 17, image 1, no value 1, things of nought 1; 20

1) of nought, good for nothing, worthless

1a) of physicians, a shepherd, a divination

1b) of false gods


h458 'Eliymelek {el-ee-meh'-lek}

from h410 and h4428;; n pr m

AV - Elimelech 6; 6

Elimelech = "my God is king"

1) Naomi's husband


h459 'illeyn (Aramaic) {il-lane'}

or shorter 'illen {il-lane'} prolonged from h412; TWOT - 2579; demonstr pron

AV - these 4, the 1; 5

1) these, those


h460 'Elyacaph {el-yaw-sawf'}

from h410 and h3254;; n pr m

AV - Eliasaph 6; 6

Eliasaph = "God has added"

1) a Gadite chief in the wilderness census

2) a head of the Gershonites


h461 'Eliy`ezer {el-ee-eh'-zer}

from h410 and h5828;; n pr m

AV - Eliezer 14; 14

Eliezer = "God is help"

1) Abraham's Damascene servant

2) a son of Moses

3) a Benjamite

4) a priest who helped move the ark

5) a Reubenite

6) a prophet who spoke to Jehoshaphat

7) a Levite chief

8) son of Harim

9) priest with foreign wife


h462 'Eliy`eynay {el-ee-ay-nah'ee}

probably contracted for h454;; n pr m

AV - Elienai 1; 1

Elienai = "unto God are my eyes"

1) a Benjamite


h463 'Eliy`am {el-ee-awm'}

from h410 and h5971;; n pr m

AV - Eliam 2; 2

Eliam = "God of the people" or "God is kinsman"

1) Bathsheba's father

2) a Gilonite warrior of David


h464 'Eliyphaz {el-ee-faz'}

from h410 and h6337;; n pr m

AV - Eliphaz 15; 15

Eliphaz = "my God is (fine) gold"

1) Esau's son, father of Teman

2) the Temanite friend of Job


h465 'Eliyphal {el-ee-fawl'}

from h410 and h6419;; n pr m

AV - Eliphal 1; 1

Eliphal = "my God is supplication"

1) one of David's mighty warriors


h466 'Eliyph@lehuw {el-ee-fe-lay'-hoo}

from h410 and h6395;; n pr m

AV - Elipheleh 2; 2

Elipheleh = "my God sets him apart" or "my God distinguishes him"

1) a Levite gatekeeper and musician for David


h467 'Eliyphelet {el-ee-feh'-let}

or (shortened) 'Elpelet {el-peh'-let} from h410 and h6405;; n pr m

AV - Eliphelet 6, Eliphalet 2, Elpalet 1; 9

Elpalet or Eliphalet or Eliphelet = "God is deliverance"

1) David's youngest son

2) one of David's mighty warriors

3) a Benjamite descendant of Jonathan

4) a leader of the clan of Adonikam

5) one of the line of Hashum


h468 'Eleytsuwr {el-ee-tsoor'}

from h410 and h6697;; n pr m

AV - Elizur 5; 5

Elizur = "my God is a rock" or "Rock is God"

1) a chief of Reuben in the wilderness


h469 'Eliytsaphan {el-ee-tsaw-fawn'}

or (shortened) 'Eltsaphan {el-tsaw-fawn'} from h410 and h6845;; n pr m

AV - Elizaphan 4, Elzaphan 2; 6

Elizaphan or Elzaphan = "my God has protected"

1) a Kohathite chief in the wilderness

2) a Zebulunite chief

3) Uzziel's son, Mishael's brother in time of Moses


h470 'Eliyqa' {el-ee-kaw'}

from h410 and h6958;; n pr m

AV - Elika 1; 1

Elika = "my God rejects"

1) one of David's mighty warriors


h471 'Elyaqiym' {el-yaw-keem'}

from h410 and h6965;; n pr m

AV - Eliakim 12; 12

Eliakim = "God raises" or "God sets up"

1) the son of Hilkiah, master of Hezekiah's household

2) Josiah's son, enthroned by Pharaoh

3) a priest who assisted Nehemiah


h472 'Eliysheba` {el-ee-sheh'-bah}

from h410 and h7651 (in the sense of h7650);; n pr f

AV - Elisheba 1; 1

Elisheba = "my God has sworn" or "God is an oath"

1) Aaron's wife


h473 'Eliyshah {el-ee-shaw'}

probably of foreign derivation;; n pr m

AV - Elishah 3; 3

Elishah = "God of the coming (one)"

1) descendant of Noah, son of Javan; perhaps ancestor of the Aeolians


h474 'Eliyshuwa` {el-ee-shoo'-ah}

from h410 and h7769;; n pr m

AV - Elishua 2; 2

Elishua = "my God is wealth" or "God is salvation"

1) a son of David


h475 'Elyashiyb {el-yaw-sheeb'}

from h410 and h7725;; n pr m

AV - Eliashib 17; 17

Eliashib = "God restores"

1) a priest in David's reign

2) a descendant of David

3) a high priest in Nehemiah's time

4) a temple singer with foreign wife

5) one of the line of Zattu

6) one of the line of Bani


h476 'Eliyshama` {el-ee-shaw-maw'}

from h410 and h8085;; n pr m

AV - Elishama 17; 17

Elishama = "my God has heard"

1) an Ephraimite chief in the wilderness

2) a son of David

3) Jehoiakim's secretary

4) a priest who taught the law

5) a man of Judah


h477 'Eliysha` {el-ee-shaw'}

contracted for h474;; n pr m

AV - Elisha 58; 58

Elisha = "God is salvation"

1) the great prophet who succeeded Elijah


h478 'Eliyshaphat {el-ee-shaw-fawt'}

from h410 and h8199;; n pr m

AV - Elishaphat 1; 1

Elishaphat = "my God has judged"

1) a captain for the high priest Jehoiada


h479 'illek (Aramaic) {il-lake'}

prolonged from h412;; TWOT - 2580; demonstr pron pl

AV - these 10, those 4; 14

1) these, those


h480 'al@lay {al-le-lah'ee}

by reduplication from h421; TWOT - 101; interj

AV - woe 2; 2

1) woe! alas!


h481 'alam {aw-lam'}

a primitive root; TWOT - 102; v

AV - dumb 7, put to silence 1, binding 1; 9

1) to bind

1a) (Niphal)

1a1) to be dumb

1a2) to be bound

1b) (Piel) binding (part.)


h482 'elem {ay'-lem}

from h481; TWOT - 102b; adj m

AV - congregation 1; 1

1) in silence, silent


h483 'illem {il-lame'}

from h481; TWOT - 102c; adj

AV - dumb 6; 6

1) mute, silent, dumb, unable to speak


h484 'almuggiym {al-moog-gheem'}

probably of foreign derivation (used only in the plural); TWOT - 89c; n m p

AV - almug 3; 3

1) a tree from Lebanon, almug trees (sandalwood?), almug wood


h485 'alummah {al-oom-maw'}

or (masculine) 'alum {aw-loom'} passive participle of h481; TWOT - 102a; n f

AV - sheaf 5; 5

1) sheaf (as something bound)

1a) of Israel returning from exile (fig.)


h486 'Almowdad {al-mo-dawd'}

probably of foreign derivation;; n pr m

AV - Almodad 2; 2

Almodad = "not measured"

1) a descendant of Shem


h487 'Allammelek {al-lam-meh'-lek}

from h427 and h4428;; n pr loc

AV - Alammelech 1; 1

Alammelech = "oak of the king"

1) a town or site in Asher


h488 'alman {al-mawn'}

prolonged from h481 in the sense of bereavement; TWOT - 103; adj

AV - forsaken 1; 1

1) widowed, forsaken, forsaken as a widow


h489 'almon {al-mone'}

from h481 as in h488; TWOT - 104; n m

AV - widowhood 1; 1

1) widowhood


h490 'almanah {al-maw-naw'}

from h488; a widow; TWOT - 105; n f

AV - widow 53, desolate house 1, desolate palace 1; 55

1) widow


h491 'almanuwth {al-maw-nooth'}

from h488; TWOT - 106; n f

AV - widowhood 3, widow 1; 4

1) widowhood


h492 'almoniy {al-mo-nee'}

from h489 in the sense of concealment; TWOT - 107; adj

AV - and such 2, a one 1; 3

1) someone, a certain one


h493 'Elna`am {el-nah'-am}

from h410 and h5276;; n pr m

AV - Elnaam 1; 1

Elnaam = "God is delight" or "God is pleasantness"

1) the father of two of David's mighty warriors


h494 'Elnathan {el-naw-thawn'}

from h410 and h5414;; n pr m

AV - Elnathan 7; 7

Elnathan = "God has given"

1) king Jehoiachin's maternal grandfather

2) three chief men in Ezra's time

3) son of Achbor, a military commander under Jehoiakim


h495 'Ellacar {el-law-sawr'}

probably of foreign derivation;; n pr loc

AV - Ellasar 2; 2

Ellasar = "God is chastener"

1) a town in Babylonia, c. 28 miles (50 km) E of Ur


h496 'El`ad {el-awd'}

from h410 and h5749;; n pr m

AV - Elead 1; 1

Elead = "God has testified"

1) a descendant of Ephraim


h497 'El`adah {el-aw-daw'}

from h410 and h5710;; n pr m

AV - Eladah 1; 1

Eladah = "God has adorned"

1) a descendant of Ephraim


h498 'El`uwzay {el-oo-zah'ee}

from h410 and h5756 (in the sense of h5797);; n pr m

AV - Eluzai 1; 1

Eluzai = "God is my strength"

1) a Benjamite warrior who joined David


h499 'El`azar {el-aw-zawr'}

from h410 and h5826;; n pr m

AV - Eleazar 72; 72

Eleazar = "God has helped"

1) the high priest son of Aaron

2) Abinadab's son who cared for the ark

3) the priest who rebuilt and dedicated the restored walls of Jerusalem in time of Ezra

4) one of David's mighty warriors

5) a Levite

6) one of the line of Parosh



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