עֲלִילָה
ʻălîylâh · al-ee-law'
an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense); by implication, an opportunity
Lexicon
Derivation: or עֲלִלָה; from H5953 (עָלַל) in the sense of effecting;
an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense); by implication, an opportunity
- an exploit (of God), or a performance (of man, often in a bad sense)
- by implication, an opportunity
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: act(-ion), deed, doing, invention, occasion, work.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
To see and know of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲלִילָה 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
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 22 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- occasions2 · 8%
- his deeds2 · 8%
- his doings2 · 8%
- works2 · 8%
- and their doings2 · 8%
- and by him actions1 · 4%
- in his doing1 · 4%
- of thy doings1 · 4%
- his works1 · 4%
- of their inventions1 · 4%
- his acts1 · 4%
- and all your doings1 · 4%
- doings1 · 4%
- so that in all your doings1 · 4%
- and according to thy doings1 · 4%
- and by their doings1 · 4%
- and according to their doings1 · 4%
- all their doings1 · 4%
- for all thy doings1 · 4%
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.