אֵל

el · God

Hebrew · Strong's H410 · Noun · Sounds like: ale · 241 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • God H0410G · a Name of 205
  • god H0410K 24
  • El (Most High) H0410J · a Part of 5
  • god: power H0410L · a Meaning of 5
  • El (Berith) H0410H 1
  • El (Elohe) H0410I · combination of 1

Strong's dictionary

shortened from אַיִל; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity); God (god), [idiom] goodly, [idiom] great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in '-el.'

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
אֵל n.m. god, but with various subordinate applications to express the idea of might
1. applied to men of might and rank
2. angels
3. gods of the nations
4. Ēl
5. as characterizing mighty things in nature
6. God, the one only and true God of Israel
7. אֵל strength, power

Every occurrence

  1. Hosea 1:10 אֵֽל־ 'el- · A person, place or thing

    Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

  2. Hosea 11:9 אֵ֤ל 'el · A person, place or thing

    I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee; and I will not come in wrath.

  3. Hosea 11:12 אֵ֔ל 'El · A person, place or thing

    Ephraim compasseth me about with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the Holy One.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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