אֵל
ʼêl · ale
these or those
Lexicon
Derivation: a demonstrative particle (but only in a plural sense)
these or those
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: these, those. Compare H428 (אֵלֶּה).
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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- those2 · 22%
- all these2 · 22%
- of these2 · 22%
- only unto these1 · 11%
- for all these1 · 11%
- these1 · 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.