אֶלְיָדָע
ʼElyâdâʻ · el-yaw-daw'
Eljada, the name of two Israelites and of an Aramaean leader
Lexicon
Derivation: from H410 (אֵל) and H3045 (יָדַע); God (is) knowing;
Eljada, the name of two Israelites and of an Aramaean leader
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Eliada.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › the doorway, the way in › to see and know
Strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works of the doorway, the way in that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶלְיָדָע 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and eliada2 · 50%
- of eliadah1 · 25%
- eliada1 · 25%
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.