אֵהוּד
ʼÊhûwd · ay-hood'
Ehud, the name of two or three Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H161 (אֹהַד); united;
Ehud, the name of two or three Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ehud.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › the doorway, the way in
Strength, the leader that works to reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֵהוּד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and ehud4 · 44%
- ehud1 · 11%
- but ehud1 · 11%
- which he had for himself alone. and ehud1 · 11%
- then ehud1 · 11%
- when ehud1 · 11%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.