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H453

אֱלִיהוּ

ʼĔlîyhûw · el-ee-hoo'

Elihu, the name of one of Job's friends, and of three Israelites

Lexicon

Derivation: or (fully) אֱלִיהוּא; from H410 (אֵל) and H1931 (הוּא); God of him;

Elihu, the name of one of Job's friends, and of three Israelites

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Elihu.

Letters

א
Alef
ל
Lamed
י
Yod
ה
He
ו
Vav
  1. אAlef1

    Picture: ox head

    Concrete
    ox · bull · cattle
    Extended
    strength · leader · first · the one in front
  2. לLamed30

    Picture: shepherd's staff or goad

    Concrete
    staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
    Extended
    authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
  3. יYod10

    Picture: arm and closed hand

    Concrete
    hand · arm · work
    Extended
    a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
  4. הHe5

    Picture: a person with both arms raised

    Concrete
    a man calling out · a window · breath
    Extended
    behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
  5. וVav6

    Picture: tent peg or hook

    Concrete
    nail · peg · hook
    Extended
    to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish

Strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֱלִיהוּ 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

11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms

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

  • elihu4 · 36%
  • of elihu2 · 18%
  • and elihu2 · 18%
  • now elihu1 · 9%
  • when elihu1 · 9%
  • furthermore elihu1 · 9%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

אֱלִיה֗וּא3אֱלִיה֖וּ2אֱלִיה֣וּא1אֱלִיה֖וּא1אֱלִיה֛וּא1וֶאֱלִיה֖וּא1וֶֽאֱלִיה֗וּ1אֱלִיה֗וּ1

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

Concordance