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. Malachi 1:9 אֵ֖ל 'el · A person, place or thing

    And now, I pray you, entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he accept any of your persons? saith Jehovah of hosts.

  2. Malachi 2:10 אֵ֥ל 'el · A person, place or thing

    Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

  3. Malachi 2:11 אֵ֥ל 'el · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of Jehovah which he loveth, and hath married the daughter of a foreign god.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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