King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H424
Transliteration: elah
Phonetic Spelling: (ay-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a terebinth
Meaning: an oak, other strong tree
Word Summary
elah: a terebinth
Original Word: אִלָהTransliteration: elah
Phonetic Spelling: (ay-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a terebinth
Meaning: an oak, other strong tree
Strong's Concordance
elm, oak, teil-tree Feminine of 'ayil; an oak or other strong tree -- elm, oak, teil-tree.
see HEBREW 'ayil
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H424. elah
I. אֵלָה noun feminine terebinth (= אֵילָה (?) see IV. איל > StaGeschichte 455 who derives from אֵל = divine; but compare ib. on lack of clear distinction between אֵלוֺן אֵלָה, & אַלּוֺן) — Genesis 35:4 15t. + אֵילָה 49:21 (for אַיָּלָה ᵑ0 see below) — terebinth = Pistacia terebinthus, Linn., a deciduous tree with pinnate leaves & red berries; occasional in Palestine; grows to great age; always of single tree; near Shechem 35:4 (E) compare אַלָּה Joshua 24:26 (E, read אֵלָה?), Ophrah Judges 6:11, 19; in Jabesh 1 Chronicles 10:12; tree in which Absalom was caught 2 Samuel 18:9 (twice in verse); 18:10, 14; see also 1 Kings 13:14; expressly of idol-shrine Hosea 4:13 ("" לִבְנֶה אַלּוֺן,) Ezekiel 6:13; as fading, withering, simile of Judah Isaiah 1:30; as hewn down, simile id. 6:13 ("" אַלּוֺן); figurative of Naphtali שְׁלֻחָה אֵילָה Genesis 49:21 (ᵐ5 Ew Ol Di > אַיָּלָה ᵑ0 hind q. v.) a slender terebinth, see Di & compare II. אֵלָה; in topographic designation הָא ׳עֵמֶק 1 Samuel 17:2, 19; 21:10 (see עֵמֶק).