אֲרִאֵיל
ʼăriʼêyl · ar-ee-ale'
the altar of the temple
Lexicon
Derivation: either by transposition for H739 (אֲרִיאֵל) or, more probably, an orthographical variation for H2025 (הַרְאֵל);
the altar of the temple
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: altar.
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
- 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 › the head, the highest › strength, the leader › the hand that works › authority, the one who leads
Strength, the leader of the head, the highest of strength, the leader of the hand that works of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲרִאֵיל 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- so the altar1 · 33%
- and from the altar1 · 33%
- and the altar1 · 33%
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.