אַרְאֵלִי
ʼArʼêlîy · ar-ay-lee'
Areli (or an Arelite, collectively), an Israelite and his descendants
Lexicon
Derivation: from H691 (אֶרְאֵל); heroic;
Areli (or an Arelite, collectively), an Israelite and his descendants
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Areli, Arelites.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the head, the highest › strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works
Strength, the leader of the head, the highest of strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַרְאֵלִי 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and areli1 · 33%
- of areli1 · 33%
- of the arelites1 · 33%
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.