אֵל
ʼêl · ale
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
Lexicon
Derivation: shortened from H352 (אַיִל);
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
- strength
- as adjective, mighty
- especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: God (god), [idiom] goodly, [idiom] great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in '-el.'
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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 › authority, the one who leads
Strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֵל 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
241 occurrences · 241 OT · 0 NT · 77 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- god77 · 44%
- of god15 · 9%
- unto god13 · 7%
- with god7 · 4%
- a god5 · 3%
- and god5 · 3%
- for god5 · 3%
- behold, god5 · 3%
- thou art my god4 · 2%
- my god4 · 2%
- from god3 · 2%
- it is god3 · 2%
- against god3 · 2%
- the god3 · 2%
- for i am god3 · 2%
- me, o god3 · 2%
- o god3 · 2%
- and not god2 · 1%
- in the power2 · 1%
- of the mighty2 · 1%
- unto the god2 · 1%
- how doth god2 · 1%
- as for god2 · 1%
- when god2 · 1%
- unto her, thou god1 · 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.