אֶלְיָסָף
ʼElyâçâph · el-yaw-sawf'
Eljasaph, the name of two Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H410 (אֵל) and H3254 (יָסַף); God (is) gatherer;
Eljasaph, the name of two Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Eliasaph.
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
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › to support and uphold › to speak, the word
Strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works that works to support and uphold that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶלְיָסָף 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- eliasaph2 · 33%
- shall be eliasaph2 · 33%
- of eliasaph1 · 17%
- was eliasaph1 · 17%
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.