אֶלְיְהוֹעֵינַי
ʼElyᵉhôwʻêynay · el-ye-ho-ay-nah'ee
Eljehoenai or Eljoenai, the name of seven Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) אֶלְיוֹעֵינַי; from H413 (אֵל) and H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H5869 (עַיִן); towards Jehovah (are) my eyes;
Eljehoenai or Eljoenai, the name of seven Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Elihoenai, Elionai.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › to see and know › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works
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 that works to see and know of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶלְיְהוֹעֵינַי 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 · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- elioenai5 · 56%
- and elioenai2 · 22%
- of elioenai1 · 11%
- elihoenai1 · 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.