אֱלִיפַז
ʼĔlîyphaz · el-ee-faz'
Eliphaz, the name of one of Job's friends, and of a son of Esau
Lexicon
Derivation: from H410 (אֵל) and H6337 (פָּז); God of gold;
Eliphaz, the name of one of Job's friends, and of a son of Esau
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Eliphaz.
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
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › to speak, the word › to cut, to sustain
Strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works that works to speak, the word that works to cut, to sustain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֱלִיפַז 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
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- eliphaz5 · 33%
- of eliphaz3 · 20%
- to eliphaz3 · 20%
- then eliphaz2 · 13%
- that came of eliphaz1 · 7%
- so eliphaz1 · 7%
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.