אֵל
God
also: god-like one, mighty one fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Every verse where H410 appears in the Book of Psalms — 73 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Psalms
- Psalms 5:4 אֵֽל n c ms For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can't live with you.
- Psalms 7:11 וְ֝/אֵ֗ל conj + n c ms God is a righteous judge, Yes, a God who has indignation every day.
- Psalms 10:11 אֵ֑ל n c ms He says in his heart, "God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it."
- Psalms 10:12 אֵ֭ל n c ms Arise, Yahweh! God, lift up your hand! Don't forget the helpless.
- Psalms 16:1 אֵ֝֗ל n c ms Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.
- Psalms 17:6 אֵ֑ל n c ms I have called on you, for you will answer me, God: Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.
- Psalms 18:2 אֵלִ֣/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
- Psalms 18:30 הָ/אֵל֮ ptcl def.art + n c ms As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
- Psalms 18:32 הָ֭/אֵל ptcl def.art + n c ms The God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
- Psalms 18:47 הָ/אֵ֗ל ptcl def.art + n c ms Even the God who executes vengeance for me, And subdues peoples under me.
- Psalms 19:1 אֵ֑ל n c ms The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.
- Psalms 22:1 אֵלִ֣/י אֵ֭לִ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
- Psalms 22:10 אֵ֣לִ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I was thrown on you from my mother's womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.
- Psalms 29:1 אֵלִ֑ים n c mp Ascribe to Yahweh, you sons of the mighty, Ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.
- Psalms 29:3 אֵֽל n c ms cs Yahweh's voice is on the waters. The God of glory thunders, even Yahweh on many waters.
- Psalms 31:5 אֵ֣ל n c ms cs Into your hand I commend my spirit. You redeem me, Yahweh, God of truth.
- Psalms 36:6 אֵ֗ל n c ms Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.
- Psalms 42:2 לְ/אֵ֪ל prep + n c ms My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
- Psalms 42:8 לְ/אֵ֣ל prep + n c ms cs Yahweh will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: A prayer to the God of my life.
- Psalms 42:9 לְ/אֵ֥ל prep + n c ms I will ask God, my rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"
- Psalms 43:4 אֵל֮ n c ms cs Then I will go to the altar of God, To God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
- Psalms 44:20 לְ/אֵ֣ל prep + n c ms If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
- Psalms 50:1 אֵ֤ל n c ms cs The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks, And calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.
- Psalms 52:1 אֵ֝֗ל n c ms Why do you boast of mischief, mighty man? God's loving kindness endures continually.
- Psalms 52:5 אֵל֮ n c ms God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, And root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
- Psalms 55:19 אֵ֨ל n c ms God, who is enthroned forever, Will hear, and answer them. Selah. They never change, Who don't fear God.
- Psalms 57:2 לָ֝/אֵ֗ל prep det + n c ms I cry out to God Most High, To God who accomplishes my requests for me.
- Psalms 63:1 אֵלִ֥/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you, My flesh longs for you, In a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
- Psalms 68:19 הָ֘/אֵ֤ל ptcl def.art + n c ms Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, Even the God who is our salvation. Selah.
- Psalms 68:20 הָ֤/אֵ֣ל אֵ֤ל ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.
- Psalms 68:24 אֵלִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs They have seen your processions, God, Even the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
- Psalms 68:35 אֵ֤ל n c ms cs You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God!
- Psalms 73:11 אֵ֑ל n c ms They say, "How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?"
- Psalms 73:17 אֵ֑ל n c ms Until I entered God's sanctuary, And considered their latter end.
- Psalms 74:8 אֵ֣ל n c ms They said in their heart, "We will crush them completely." They have burned up all the places in the land where God was worshiped.
- Psalms 77:9 אֵ֑ל n c ms Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he, in anger, withheld his compassion?" Selah.
- Psalms 77:13 אֵ֥ל n c ms Your way, God, is in the sanctuary. What god is great like God?
- Psalms 77:14 הָ֭/אֵל ptcl def.art + n c ms You are the God who does wonders. You have made your strength known among the peoples.
- Psalms 78:7 אֵ֑ל n c ms That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,
- Psalms 78:8 אֵ֣ל n c ms And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that didn't make their hearts loyal, Whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
- Psalms 78:18 אֵ֥ל n c ms They tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.
- Psalms 78:19 אֵ֑ל n c ms Yes, they spoke against God. They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
- Psalms 78:34 אֵֽל n c ms When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
- Psalms 78:35 וְ/אֵ֥ל conj + n c ms They remembered that God was their rock, The Most High God their redeemer.
- Psalms 78:41 אֵ֑ל n c ms They turned again and tempted God, And provoked the Holy One of Israel.
- Psalms 80:10 אֵֽל n c ms The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God's cedars.
- Psalms 81:9 אֵ֣ל לְ/אֵ֣ל n c ms prep + n c ms cs There shall be no strange god in you, Neither shall you worship any foreign god.
- Psalms 82:1 אֵ֑ל n c ms God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.
- Psalms 83:1 אֵֽל n c ms God, don't keep silent. Don't keep silent, And don't be still, God.
- Psalms 84:2 אֵֽל n c ms My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
- Psalms 85:8 הָ/אֵ֪ל ptcl def.art + n c ms I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, For he will speak peace to his people, his saints; But let them not turn again to folly.
- Psalms 86:15 אֵל n c ms But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, Slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
- Psalms 89:6 אֵלִים n c mp For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,
- Psalms 89:7 אֵ֣ל n c ms A very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, To be feared above all those who are around him?
- Psalms 89:26 אֵ֝לִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs He will call to me, 'You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation!'
- Psalms 90:2 אֵֽל n c ms Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever you had formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
- Psalms 94:1 אֵל אֵ֖ל n c ms cs n c ms cs Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, You God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth.
- Psalms 95:3 אֵ֣ל n c ms For Yahweh is a great God, A great King above all gods.
- Psalms 99:8 אֵ֣ל n c ms You answered them, Yahweh our God. You are a God who forgave them, Although you took vengeance for their doings.
- Psalms 102:24 אֵלִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I said, "My God, don't take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.
- Psalms 104:21 מֵ/אֵ֣ל prep + n c ms The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.
- Psalms 106:14 אֵ֝֗ל n c ms But gave in to craving in the desert, And tested God in the wasteland.
- Psalms 106:21 אֵ֣ל n c ms They forgot God, their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt,
- Psalms 107:11 אֵ֑ל n c ms Because they rebelled against the words of God, And condemned the counsel of the Most High.
- Psalms 118:27 אֵ֤ל n c ms cs Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
- Psalms 118:28 אֵלִ֣/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.
- Psalms 136:26 לְ/אֵ֣ל prep + n c ms cs Oh give thanks to the God of heaven; For his loving kindness endures forever.
- Psalms 139:17 אֵ֑ל n c ms How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!
- Psalms 139:23 אֵ֭ל n c ms Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
- Psalms 140:6 אֵ֣לִ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I said to Yahweh, "You are my God." Listen to the cry of my petitions, Yahweh.
- Psalms 146:5 שֶׁ֤/אֵ֣ל ptcl rel + n c ms cs Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:
- Psalms 149:6 אֵ֭ל n c ms May the high praises of God be in their mouths, And a two-edged sword in their hand;
- Psalms 150:1 אֵ֥ל n c ms Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
אל (ʼêl) is a Hebrew name most often rendered “God.” It first appears in Genesis 14:18. It turns up in 235 verses across 22 books, a common footprint. It concentrates in Psalms, which alone accounts for 31% of its uses. The sections below give every occurrence and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H410 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 235
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 235 distinct verses.
- 22 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 22 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #195
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 195 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 235 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 235 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 137 verses · 58%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 49 verses · 21%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 49 verses · 21%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: God 166×, I am god 6×, Behold god 5×
- American Standard Version†: God 136×, Behold 6×, I am god 5×
- Berean Standard Bible†: God 175×, Am god 6×, Are my god 3×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: God 186×, God of 17×, The 9×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H410 across 243† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 43 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H410 across 235† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 58 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H410 across 235† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 32 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 5 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H410 across 275† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 28 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
7 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 7 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
אל I pl.m. & f. = the more usual אֵלָּה, these 1 Ch 20
אל II god, אֶלְדָּד,, אֶלְדָּעָה etc. v. I. אלה.
אל III (also, in n.pr. אֶל, אֱלִי
- 1. applied to men of might and rank, אֵל גוים mighty one of the nations Ez 31:11 (of Neb.; 𝔊 ἂρχων ἒθνων, איל some mss. Co); אֵלִים mighty men Jb 41:17 (אילים, many mss. Di); אֵלֵי גִבּוֹרִים mighty heroes Ez 32:21 (אֵילֵי mss. Co); אֵילֵי הָאָרֶץ Ez 17:13 2 K 24:15 (Kt אולי); אֵילִים Ex 15:15 (prob. pl. of iii. אַיִל, q.v.) These readings are uncertain because of an effort to distinguish these forms from the divine name. אֵל גִּבּוֹר mighty hero (as above) or divine hero (as reflecting the divine majesty) Is 9:5. e.g. Ezekiel 31:11
- 2. angels, בְּנֵי אֵלִים ψ 29:1; 89:7 = בְּנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים. e.g. Psalms 29:1
- 3. gods of the nations, אֵל אֵלִים God of gods, supreme God Dn 11:36; מִי כָמֹכָה בָּאֵלִם who is like thee among the gods Ex 15:11; idols Is 43:10; 44:10, 15, 17; 46:6; מי אל בשמים what God in heaven Dt 3:24; אִל אחר another god Ex 34:14 (J); אֵל זר foreign god ψ 44:21; 81:10; אל נכר Dt 32:12 Mal 2:11 ψ 81:10. e.g. Daniel 11:36
- 4. Ēl n.pr. אל ברית Ēl Berith Ju 9:46 (= בעל ברית Ju 8:33; 9:4); בְּאֵר אֵלִים s. p. 91 b e.g. Judges 9:46
- 5. as characterizing mighty things in nature, הררי אל mighty mountains ψ 36:7 (lit. mountains of Ēl); also ψ 50:10 Ol Bi Che v. sub II. אלף; ארוי אל mighty cedars ψ 80:11; כוכבי אל lofty stars Is 14:13. e.g. Psalms 36:7
- 6. God217, the one only and true God of Israel: (a) הָאֵל the God, the true God Gn 31:13; 35:1, 3; 46:3 (E) 2 S 22:31, 33, 48 (= ψ 18:31, 33, 48) ψ 68:20, 21; 77:15; הָאֵל הַנֶּאֱמָן the faithful God Dt 7:9; האל הגדול the great God Dt 10:17 = Je 32:18 Dn 9:4 Ne 1:5; 9:32; האל הקדשׁ the holy God Is 5:16; האל יהוה the God Yahweh Is 42:5 ψ 85:9. †(b) אֵלִי my God Ex 15:2 (poet.) ψ 18:3; 22:2(×2), 11; 63:2; 68:25; 89:27; 102:25; 118:28; 140:7; Is 44:17. (c) cstr. אל בית אל the God of Bethel, who had his seat there Gn 35:7 (E); אל אביך God of thy father Gn 49:25 (poet.); אל ישראל ψ 68:36; אל יעקב ψ 146:5; אל השמים the God of heaven ψ 136:26; אל סלעי the God who is my rock ψ 42:10; אל שמחת גילי the God who is the joy of my exultation ψ 43:4; אֵל רֳאִי the God who lets himself be seen Gn 16:13 (J); אל הכבוד the God of glory ψ 29:3; אל דעות the all-knowing God 1 S 2:3 (poet.); אֵל עוֹלָם the everlasting God Gn 21:33 (J); אל ישועתי Is 12:2; אל חַיָּי֑ ψ 42:9; אל אמת ψ 31:6 = אל אֱמוּנָה Dt 32:4 (poet.); אל נקמות ψ 94:1(×2) אל גְּמֻלוֹת Je 51:56. (d) אל אֶחָד one God Mal 2:10; אל גדול a great God Dt 7:21 ψ 77:14; 95:3; אל מסתתר a God hiding himself Is 45:15; אל רחום a compassionate God Ex 34:6 (J) Dt 4:31 ψ 86:15; אל נשא a forgiving God ψ 99:8; אל חַנּוּן a gracious God Ne 9:31 Jon 4:2; אל קנא a jealous God Ex 20:5; 34:14 (J) Dt 4:24; 5:9; 6:15 Jos 24:19 (D) = אל קנוא Na 1:2; אֵל חי a living God Jos 3:10 (J) Ho 2:1 ψ 42:3; 84:3; אל צדיק Is 45:21; לא אֵל חפץ רשע ψ 5:5; לא אֵל Dt 32:21 (poet.) Is 31:3 Ez 28:2, 9; מי אל כמוךָ Mi 7:18 (cf. Ex 15:11). (e) God (the only true God, needing no article or predicate to define him) Nu 12:13 (E read אַל Di) always in poetry, Jb 5:8 + (55 times Jb), ψ 7:12; 10:11, 12; 16:1; 17:6; 19:2; 52:3, 7; 55:20; 57:3; 73:11, 17; 74:8; 77:10; 78:7, 8, 18, 19, 34, 41; 82:1; 83:2; 90:2; 104:21; 106:14, 21; 107:11; 118:27; 139:17, 23; 149:6; 150:1 Is 40:18; 43:12; 45:14, 20; 46:9 La 3:41 Ho 11:9; 12:1 Mal 1:9; עִמָּנוּאל God is with us, as name of child in prediction Is 7:14 cf. 8:8, 10.(f) Ēl, a divine name אל אלהי ישראל Gn 33:20 (E); אל אלהי הרוחת Nu 16:22 (P = יהוה אלהי חרוחת Nu 27:16); אל אלהים יהוה Jos 22:22 (P) ψ 50:1. This is probable also in the ancient poems, Nu 23:8, 19, 22, 23; 24:4, 8, 16, 23 (poet. Balaam ‖ שדּי & עליון) Dt 32:18; 33:26 (poet.) Moses ‖ צוּר & אֱלֹהֵי קֶדֶם) 2 S 22:32; 23:5 (poet. David ‖ צוּר) and in the combinations אל עליון (5 times; vid. עלאיון) & אל שדּי (10 times; vid. שַׁדַּי). e.g. Genesis 31:13
- 7. אֵל strength, power (on connection with I. אָלָה cf. Di Gn 1:1; 31:29) in יֶשׁ־לְאֵל יָדִי it is according to the power of my hand = it is in my power, etc. Gn 31:29 (E; sq. לְ + Inf.); בִּהְיוֹת לְאֵל יָדְ֯יךָ Pr 3:27 (sq. id.); יֶשׁ־לְאֵל יָדָם Mi 2:1 (abs.); neg. וְאֵין לְאֵל יָדֶ֑ךָ Dt 28:32 (abs.) = thou shalt be powerless, so Ne 5:5.* v. also BrockZAW xxvi (1906), 29 ff. (meaning ‘might’ very dub.: renders belongs to the god of (my) hand, supposing phrase a survival, with orig. meaning forgotten, of ancient idea, found also among other nations, of spirits conferring powers upon particular members of body). e.g. Genesis 1:1
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
II. pr.pl.m. & f. = the more usual אֵלָּה, these 1 Ch 20:8; with art. הָאֵל Gn 19:8, 25; 26:3, 4 Lv 18:27 Dt 4:42; 7:22; 19:11. (Merely an orthogr. variation of אֵלָּה, and doubtless pronounced similarly; the kindred dialects have in genl. a dissyllabic form: v. sub אֵלֶּה. Written similarly in Ph., e.g. CIS 3:22; 14:5; 93:3 (האל), but ZMG1875, 240 (Neo-Punic) אלא; in Plaut. Poen. v. 1. 9 transliterated ily; Schroed.Ph. Gr. p. 81, 160, 286 ff.)
III. god, אֶלְדָּד,, אֶלְדָּעָה etc. v. I. אלה.
IV. n.m. (also, in n.pr. אֶל, אֱלִי; Sam. אל, Ph. אל, אלן (i.e. prob. אֵלֹן), Sab. אל, DHM Or. Congr. Leiden, 1883, As. ilu, DlW; perhaps also Arabic, Aramaic. cf. Nöl.c.; on goddess אלת Ph. Palm. Nab. Sab. (also אלהת) DHMl.c., Arabic إِلَاهَة) (pl. إِلَاهَات) FlKl.Schr. i. 154, Assyrian Allatu Jr 66, Syriac ܐܰܠܳܗܳܬܳܐ,, cf. also BaeRel 58, 90, 97, 271, 297) god, but with various subordinate applications to express idea of might;—hardly ever in prose except with defining word (adj. or gen.); its only suff. is ִי;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from איל (ʼayil) (H352) — ram.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אַל־
- a prefix, = עַל; e.g. אַלְתּוּסְבְּרָאוֹת (= על האוצרות) appointed over treasures, v. אַ־.
אַל
- (b. h.) not, no (according to Talmud a milder form of prohibition than לֹא; v. Y. Pes. VI, 33ᵇ). Aboth I, 3.—אל תקרי (abbr. א"ת), v. אֶלָּא. Taan. 11ᵃ א׳ יראה וכ׳ shall not live to see &c.; a. v. fr.
אֶל
- אול to turn) prep. to, toward. — Pl., with prefix מ a. suffix of pers. pron., of itself, of my (his &c.) own accord, on my (his &c.) authority. Yoma 5ᵇ לא מֵאֵלַי not on my own authority. Orlah I, 2 העולה מֵאֵלָיו growing spontaneously.—Y. Peah VII, 20ᵇ bot. its sacred character מֵאֵלָיו למדו they did derive from itself (i.e. from the wording of the law itself).—Hence מִמֵּילָא, v. מֵילָא.
אֵל
- v. אלל) God. Shebu. 35ᵃ divine names which dare not be erased are El &c. Taan. 6ᵇ bot.; a. fr.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 74 distinct written forms H410 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 14 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H410, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- איל ʼĕyâl H353 strength
- איל ʼayâl H354 stag
- אילם ʼêylâm H361 porch
- אילן ʼîylân H363 tree
- אלה ʼêlâh H424 terebinth
- אלון ʼêlôwn H436 oak
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- אילון ʼÊylôwn H356 Elon
- אילות ʼÊylôwth H359 Elath
- אילם ʼÊylim H362 Elim
- איל פארן ʼÊyl Pâʼrân H364 El-paran
- אל אלהי ישראל ʼÊl ʼĕlôhêy Yisrâʼêl H415 Elelohe-israel
- אל ביתאל ʼÊl Bêyth-ʼÊl H416 El-beth-el
- אלדד ʼEldâd H419 Eldad
- אלדעה ʼEldâʻâh H420 Eldaah
- אלוה ʼĕlôwahh H433 God
- אלזבד ʼElzâbâd H443 Elzabad
- אלחנן ʼElchânân H445 Elhanan
- אליאב ʼĔlîyʼâb H446 Eliab
- אליאל ʼĔlîyʼêl H447 Eliel
- אליאתה ʼĔlîyʼâthâh H448 Eliathah
- אלידע ʼElyâdâʻ H450 Eliada
- אליה ʼÊlîyâh H452 Elijah
- אליהו ʼĔlîyhûw H453 Elihu
- אליחבא ʼElyachbâʼ H455 Eliahba
- אליחרף ʼĔlîychôreph H456 Elihoreph
- אלימלך ʼĔlîymelek H458 Elimelech
- אליסף ʼElyâçâph H460 Eliasaph
- אליעזר ʼĔlîyʻezer H461 Eliezer
- אליעם ʼĔlîyʻâm H463 Eliam
- אליפז ʼĔlîyphaz H464 Eliphaz
- אליפל ʼĔlîyphâl H465 Eliphal
- אליפלהו ʼĔlîyphᵉlêhûw H466 Elipheleh
- אליפלט ʼĔlîypheleṭ H467 Eliphelet
- אליצור ʼĔlîytsûwr H468 Elizur
+25 more proper names from this root (not shown).
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 62 — not the complete family. 53 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (God). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew 'El, from a word meaning to be strong; (2) of 'Eloah_, plural _'Elohim. The singular form, Eloah, is used only in poetry. The plural form is more commonly used in all parts of the Bible, The Hebrew word Jehovah (q.v.), the only other word generally employed to denote the Supreme Being, is uniformly rendered in the Authorized Version by "LORD," printed in small capitals. The existence of God is taken for granted in the Bible. There is nowhere any argument to prove it. He who disbelieves this truth is spoken of as one devoid of understanding (Ps. 14:1).
The arguments generally adduced by theologians in proof of the being of God are:
(1.) The a priori argument, which is the testimony afforded by reason.
(2.) The a posteriori argument, by which we proceed logically from the facts of experience to causes. These arguments are,
(a) The cosmological, by which it is proved that there must be a First Cause of all things, for every effect must have a cause.
(b) The teleological, or the argument from design. We see everywhere the operations of an intelligent Cause in nature.
(c) The moral argument, called also the anthropological argument, based on the moral consciousness and the history of mankind, which exhibits a moral order and purpose which can only be explained on the supposition of the existence of God. Conscience and human history testify that "verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth."
The attributes of God are set forth in order by Moses in Ex. 34:6, 7. (see also Deut. 6:4; 10:17; Num. 16:22; Ex. 15:11; 33:19; Isa. 44:6; Hab. 3:6; Ps. 102:26; Job 34:12.) They are also systematically classified in Rev. 5:12 and 7:12.
God's attributes are spoken of by some as absolute, i.e., such as belong to his essence as Jehovah, Jah, etc.; and relative, i.e., such as are ascribed to him with relation to his creatures. Others distinguish them into communicable, i.e., those which can be imparted in degree to his creatures: goodness, holiness, wisdom, etc.; and incommunicable, which cannot be so imparted: independence, immutability, immensity, and eternity. They are by some also divided into natural attributes, eternity, immensity, etc.; and moral, holiness, goodness, etc.
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(good). Throughout the Hebrew Scriptures two chief names are used for the one true divine Being--ELOHIM, commonly translated God in our version, and Jehovah, translated Lord . Elohim is the plural of Eloah (in Arabic Allah); it is often used in the short form EL (a word signifying strength, as in EL-SHADDAI, God Almighty, the name by which God was specially known to the patriarchs. (Genesis 17:1; 28:3; Exodus 6:3) The etymology is uncertain, but it is generally agreed that the primary idea is that of strength, power of effect, and that it properly describes God in that character in which he is exhibited to all men in his works, as the creator, sustainer and supreme governor of the world. The plural form of Elohim has given rise to much discussion. The fanciful idea that it referred to the trinity of persons in the Godhead hardly finds now a supporter among scholars. It is either what grammarians call the plural of majesty, or it denotes the fullness of divine strength, the sum of the powers displayed by God. Jehovah denotes specifically the one true God, whose people the Jews were, and who made them the guardians of his truth. The name is never applied to a false god, nor to any other being except one, the ANGEL-JEHOVAH who is thereby marked as one with God, and who appears again in the New Covenant as "God manifested in the flesh." Thus much is clear; but all else is beset with difficulties. At a time too early to be traced, the Jews abstained from pronouncing the name, for fear of its irreverent use. The custom is said to have been founded on a strained interpretation of (Leviticus 24:16) and the phrase there used, "THE NAME" (Shema), is substituted by the rabbis for the unutterable word. In reading the Scriptures they substituted for it the word ADONAI (Lord), from the translation of which by Kurios in the LXX., followed by the Vulgate, which uses Dominus, we have the Lord of our version. The substitution of the word Lord is most unhappy, for it in no way represents the meaning of the sacred name. The key to the meaning of the name is unquestionably given in God's revelation of himself to Moses by the phrase "I AM THAT I AM," (Exodus 3:14; 6:3) We must connect the name Jehovah with the Hebrew substantive verb to be, with the inference that it expresses the essential, eternal, unchangeable being of Jehovah. But more, it is not the expression only, or chiefly, of an absolute truth: it is a practical revelation of God, in his essential, unchangeable relation to this chosen people, the basis of his covenant.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 204 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 235 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 14:18
- Exodus 6:3
- Numbers 12:13
- Deuteronomy 3:24
- Joshua 3:10
- Judges 9:46
- 1 Samuel 2:3
- 2 Samuel 2:30
- Job 5:8
- Psalms 5:4
- Proverbs 3:27
- Isaiah 5:16
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
