King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H425
Transliteration: Elah
Phonetic Spelling: (ay-law')
Part of Speech: Proper Name
Short Definition: "terebinth", an Israelite name, also an Edomite name
Meaning: Elah -- "terebinth", an Israelite name, also an Edomite name
Word Summary
Elah: "terebinth", an Israelite name, also an Edomite name
Original Word: אֵלָהTransliteration: Elah
Phonetic Spelling: (ay-law')
Part of Speech: Proper Name
Short Definition: "terebinth", an Israelite name, also an Edomite name
Meaning: Elah -- "terebinth", an Israelite name, also an Edomite name
Strong's Concordance
Elah The same as 'elah; Elah, the name of an Edomite, of four Israelites, and also of a place in Palestine -- Elah.
see HEBREW 'elah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H425. Elah
II. אֵלָה proper name, masculine (terebinth, compare Genesis 49:21 below I. אֵלָה)
1 a chief of Edom Genesis 36:41 = 1 Chronicles 1:52 (= אֵילַת proper name, of a location ? see Di).
2 son of Baasha; reigned two years in Israel 1 Kings 16:6, 8, 13, 14.
3 father of Hoshea who was last king of Isr. 2 Kings 15:30; 17:1; 18:1, 9.
4 a son of Caleb 1 Chronicles 4:15 (twice in verse).
5 a son of Uzzi 1 Chronicles 9:8.