אֱלִיל
ʼĕlîyl · el-eel'
good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol
Lexicon
Derivation: apparently from H408 (אַל);
good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol
- good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity
- specifically, an idol
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: idol, no value, thing of nought.
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
- 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 › the hand that works › authority, the one who leads
Strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֱלִיל 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- are idols2 · 10%
- and the idols2 · 10%
- his idols2 · 10%
- and his idols2 · 10%
- ye not unto idols1 · 5%
- you no idols1 · 5%
- of no value1 · 5%
- themselves of idols1 · 5%
- of idols1 · 5%
- of the idols1 · 5%
- and her idols1 · 5%
- to the idols1 · 5%
- and a thing of nought1 · 5%
- and i will cause their images1 · 5%
- idols1 · 5%
- to the idol1 · 5%
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.