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. Proverbs 3:27 לְאֵ֖ל le.'El · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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