H428

אֵלֶּה

ʼêl-leh · ale'-leh

these or those

Lexicon

Derivation: prolonged from H411 (אֵל);

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: an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).

Letters

Alef

Lamed

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
הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
Concrete
a man calling out · a window · breath
Extended
behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold

Strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֵלֶּה 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

746 occurrences · 746 OT · 0 NT · 85 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

these1 · 5%
who are those1 · 5%
unto them these same1 · 5%
this1 · 5%
not ye yourselves in any of these things1 · 5%
thus were1 · 5%
even us, who are all of us1 · 5%
so1 · 5%
such things1 · 5%
and the other1 · 5%
according to the same1 · 5%
one1 · 5%
the other1 · 5%
of which1 · 5%
one sort1 · 5%
with another1 · 5%
and there were1 · 5%
but they1 · 5%
them1 · 5%
and to the others1 · 5%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

הָאֵ֔לֶּה68אֵ֖לֶּה58הָאֵ֖לֶּה50הָאֵ֑לֶּה49אֵ֣לֶּה49הָאֵֽלֶּה׃34אֵ֥לֶּה28אֵ֑לֶּה26אֵ֚לֶּה25אֵ֛לֶּה24וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙22הָאֵ֗לֶּה21

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.