אַיִל
ʼayil · ah'-yil
properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as H193 (אוּל);
properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree
- properly, strength
- hence, anything strong
- specifically, a chief (politically)
- also, a ram (from his strength)
- a pilaster (as a strong support)
- an oak or other strong tree
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: mighty (man), lintel, oak, post, ram, tree.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the hand that works › authority, the one who leads
Strength, the leader of the hand that works of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַיִל 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
187 occurrences · 187 OT · 0 NT · 91 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- rams37 · 24%
- ram29 · 19%
- the ram14 · 9%
- and a ram12 · 8%
- of rams10 · 6%
- of the ram9 · 6%
- for the rams6 · 4%
- for a ram5 · 3%
- and rams4 · 3%
- like rams3 · 2%
- a ram3 · 2%
- and the posts3 · 2%
- the rams3 · 2%
- were upon the posts3 · 2%
- the whole ram2 · 1%
- thereof, and the posts2 · 1%
- the posts2 · 1%
- for him with the ram2 · 1%
- and of the ram1 · 1%
- and the ram1 · 1%
- for of the ram1 · 1%
- for it is a ram1 · 1%
- the mighty men1 · 1%
- and the rams1 · 1%
- him a ram1 · 1%
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.