אֵ֫לֶּה
these
‘these’ is one of 3 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Pronoun
- A word standing in for a noun (“he,” “this,” “who”).
Gender
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Every verse where H428 appears in the Book of Deuteronomy — 48 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.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 1:1 אֵ֣לֶּה pron dem cp These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
- Deuteronomy 1:35 הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land, which I swore to give to your fathers,
- Deuteronomy 3:5 אֵ֜לֶּה pron dem cp All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides the unwalled towns a great many.
- Deuteronomy 3:21 הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Your eyes have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to these two kings: so shall Yahweh do to all the kingdoms where you go over.
- Deuteronomy 4:6 הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
- Deuteronomy 4:30 הָ/אֵ֑לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp When you are in oppression, and all these things are come on you, in the latter days you shall return to Yahweh your God, and listen to his voice:
- Deuteronomy 4:45 אֵ֚לֶּה pron dem cp these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke to the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt,
- Deuteronomy 5:3 אֵ֥לֶּה pron dem cp Yahweh didn't make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
- Deuteronomy 5:22 הָ/אֵ֡לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp These words Yahweh spoke to all your assembly on the mountain out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. He wrote them on two tables of stone, and gave them to me.
- Deuteronomy 6:6 הָ/אֵ֗לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart;
- Deuteronomy 6:24 הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as at this day.
- Deuteronomy 7:12 הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to your fathers:
- Deuteronomy 7:17 הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp If you shall say in your heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
- Deuteronomy 9:4 הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Don't speak in your heart, after that Yahweh your God has thrust them out from before you, saying, For my righteousness Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land; whereas for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh does drive them out from before you.
- Deuteronomy 9:5 הָ/אֵ֗לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
- Deuteronomy 10:21 הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp He is your praise, and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things, which your eyes have seen.
- Deuteronomy 11:18 אֵ֔לֶּה pron dem cp Therefore shall you lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.
- Deuteronomy 11:23 הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp then will Yahweh drive out all these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves.
- Deuteronomy 12:1 אֵ֠לֶּה pron dem cp These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess it, all the days that you live on the earth.
- Deuteronomy 12:28 הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you forever, when you do that which is good and right in the eyes of Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 12:30 הָ/אֵ֨לֶּה֙ ptcl def.art + pron dem cp take heed to yourself that you not be ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before you; and that you not inquire after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
- Deuteronomy 16:12 הָ/אֵֽלֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp You shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes.
- Deuteronomy 17:19 הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;
- Deuteronomy 18:12 אֵ֑לֶּה הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה pron dem cp ptcl def.art + pron dem cp For whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh: and because of these abominations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you.
- Deuteronomy 18:14 הָ/אֵ֗לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp For these nations, that you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice sorcery, and to diviners; but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you so to do.
- Deuteronomy 19:5 הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetches a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle, and lights on his neighbor, so that he dies; he shall flee to one of these cities and live:
- Deuteronomy 19:9 הָ/אֵֽלֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp if you shall keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you this day, to love Yahweh your God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shall you add three cities more for you, besides these three:
- Deuteronomy 20:15 הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Thus shall you do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations.
- Deuteronomy 20:16 הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp But of the cities of these peoples, that Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;
- Deuteronomy 22:5 אֵֽלֶּה pron dem cp A woman shall not wear men's clothing, neither shall a man put on women's clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 22:17 וְ/אֵ֖לֶּה conj + pron dem cp and, behold, he has laid shameful things [to her charge], saying, I didn't find in your daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. They shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.
- Deuteronomy 25:3 אֵ֨לֶּה֙ pron dem cp Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then your brother should seem vile to you.
- Deuteronomy 25:16 אֵ֑לֶּה pron dem cp For all who do such things, [even] all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 26:16 הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp This day Yahweh your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances: you shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart, and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 27:4 הָ/אֵ֗לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp It shall be, when you are passed over the Jordan, that you shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in Mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster.
- Deuteronomy 27:12 אֵ֠לֶּה pron dem cp These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you are passed over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin.
- Deuteronomy 27:13 וְ/אֵ֛לֶּה conj + pron dem cp These shall stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
- Deuteronomy 28:2 הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp and all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 28:15 הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day, that all these curses shall come on you, and overtake you.
- Deuteronomy 28:45 הָ/אֵ֗לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp All these curses shall come on you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you:
- Deuteronomy 29:1 אֵלֶּה֩ pron dem cp These are the words of the covenant which Yahweh commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
- Deuteronomy 30:1 הָ/אֵ֗לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp It shall happen, when all these things are come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations, where Yahweh your God has driven you,
- Deuteronomy 30:7 הָ/אֵ֑לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Yahweh your God will put all these curses on your enemies, and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.
- Deuteronomy 31:1 הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.
- Deuteronomy 31:3 הָ/אֵ֛לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Yahweh your God, he will go over before you; he will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them: [and] Joshua, he shall go over before you, as Yahweh has spoken.
- Deuteronomy 31:17 הָ/אֵֽלֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come on them; so that they will say in that day, Haven't these evils come on us because our God is not among us?
- Deuteronomy 31:28 הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
- Deuteronomy 32:45 הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel;
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.
“these” is the headline sense of the Hebrew word אלה (ʼêl-leh). First canonically at Genesis 2:4, it enters the text early. It appears 697 verses across 32 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its most common vocabulary. Its meaning spans more than one sense — see its full sense range. Related forms include אל, אל and אלה. See the sense tree, 697-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H428 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 →
- 697
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 697 distinct verses.
- 32 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 32 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #68
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 68 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 697 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Genesis 78 verses 11%
- 1 Chronicles 77 verses 11%
- Numbers 71 verses 10%
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 697 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 283 verses · 41%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 246 verses · 35%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 168 verses · 24%
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 4 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†: Other 2×, Were 2×
- American Standard Version†: These 4×, Others 2×, Things 2×
- Berean Standard Bible†: These 445×, Things 34×, This 27×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: These 523×, Are 62×, Were 57×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H428 across 20† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 16 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H428 across 19† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 11 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 H428 across 690† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 60 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 54 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H428 across 830† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 30 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
13 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each.
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 13 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.
אלה I
- a. Gn 2:4 & often: in appos. to a subst. with a pron. suff. (always without the art.) Ex 9:14 (read with Hi. אֵלֶּה בְּךָ for אֶל־לִבֵּךָ) 10:1 אֹתֹתַי אֵלֶּה these my signs, 11:8 Dt 11:18 1 K 8:59; 10:8; 22:23 2 K 1:13 Je 31:21 Ezr 2:65 Ne 6:14; in the genit. 2 K 6:20 Is 47:9 Dt 18:12 ψ 15:5; and after כל Gn 14:3 + often Standing alone in a neuter sense, these things (rare in best prose, & not very common in poetry), with עָשָׂה Dt 18:12; 22:5; 25:16 2 S 23:17, 22 ψ 15:5 +; with other vbs. Ezr 9:1 Is 44:21; 47:7 Je 13:22 Ho 14:10 ψ 42:5; 50:21; 107:43 Jb 8:2; with אֶת־ Nu 15:13 Is 48:14; with כָּל־ Ju 13:23 Is 66:2 +; v. also some of the cases with preps. sub d. אלה may point indifferently to what follows, Gn 6:9; 10:1; 25:7, 12, 13 ψ 42:5; or to what has preceded, Gn 9:19; 10:20, 31, 32; 25:4 Lv 21:14; 22:22 ψ 15:5; = such as these (τοιαῦτα), ψ 73:12 Jb 18:21. e.g. Genesis 2:4
- b. repeated, אלה … ואלה, these … those Dt 27:12, 13 Jos 8:22 Is 49:12 (3 times) ψ 20:8 +. e.g. Deuteronomy 27:12
- c. with art. (only after a subst. determined by art. (except Gn 21:29 Jos 17:9 עָרִים הָאֵלֶּה read הֶעָרִים, cf. 17:12; 19:8, 16, 31, 48, etc. Ez 42:9)) הָאֵלֶּה Gn 15:1 +. e.g. Genesis 21:29
- d. with preps.: בְּאֵלָּה Lv 25:54; 26:23 1 K 22:11 (7 times), בָּאֵלֶּה †1 S 16:10; 17:39; לְאֵלֶּה Lv 11:24 (4 times), לָאֵלֶּה 1 K 22:17 (5 times); מֵאֵלֶּה Gn 9:19 (16 times); עַד אֵלֶּה Lv 26:18; עַל־אֵלָּה on account of these things Is 57:6; 64:11 Je 5:9 al.; כְּאֵלֶּה †Jb 16:2 Je 10:16 = 51:19, כָּאֵלֶּה †Gn 27:46 Lv 10:19 (things like these, so Is 66:8 Je 18:13) Nu 28:24 P (cf. Ez 45:25) 2 K 25:17 = Je 52:22, כְּמוֹ־אֵלֶּה †Jb 12:3. e.g. Leviticus 25:54
אלה II swear, curse (cf. I. אלה? so Thes LagOr ii. 3)
Qal
- Pf. 1 K 8:31 (= 2 Ch 6:22 all Vrss Th Bö Bä Kp reading וְאָלָה); אָלִית Ju 17:2; Inf. abs. אָלֹה Ho 4:2; אָלוֹת Ho 10:4. e.g. 1 Kings 8:31
- 1. swear, take oath before God 1 K 8:31 (= 2 Ch 6:22); in covenants Ho 4:2; 10:4 (falsely). e.g. 1 Kings 8:31
- 2. curse Ju 17:2. e.g. Judges 17:2
Hiphil
- Impf. וַיֹּ֫אֶ֗ל 1 S 14:24; Inf. לְהַאֲלֹתוֹ 1 K 8:31 = 2 Ch 6:22 adjure, put under oath. e.g. 1 Samuel 14:24
אלה III oath Gn 26
- 1. oath in testimony Lv 5:1 Nu 5:21(×2) (P) Pr 29:24; בא באלה come into an oath Ne 10:30; הביא באלה bring into an oath Ez 17:13; נשׂא אלה 1 K 8:31 (= 2 Ch 6:22). e.g. Leviticus 5:1
- 2. oath of covenant Gn 24:41(×2); 26:28 (J) Dt 29:11, 13; בזה אלה despise an oath Ez 16:59; 17:16, 18, 19. e.g. Genesis 24:41
- 3. curse (a) from God Nu 5:23 (P) Dt 29:18, 19, 20; 30:7 2 Ch 34:24 Is 24:6 Je 23:10 Dn 9:11 Zc 5:3; (b) from men Jb 31:30 ψ 10:7; 59:13. e.g. Numbers 5:23
- 4. execration in the phrase היה לאלה become an execration Nu 5:27 (P) Je 29:18; 42:18; 44:12. e.g. Numbers 5:27
אלה IV wail (Aramaic אֲלָא, ܐܶܠܴܐ ) only
Qal
- Imv. fs. אֱלִי Jo 1:8 (v. אַלְלַי). e.g. Joel 1:8
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
I. (أُولَى, እሉ: እላ: Rabb. אֵלּוּ, Aramaic אִלֵּין, & compd. with ܗܳܐ and ܐܰܝ in ܗܳܠܶܝܢ, ܐܰܝܠܶܝܢ ) pr.pl.m. & f. these, in usage the pl. of זֶה.
I. vb. swear, curse (cf. I. אלה? so Thes LagOr ii. 3)—
II. n.f. oath Gn 26:28 +; sf. אָלָתִי, אָלָתוֹ Gn 24:41 + (4 times); pl. אָלוֹת Dt 29:20 + (4 times)
III. vb. wail (Aramaic אֲלָא, ܐܶܠܴܐ ) only
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from אל (ʼêl) (H411) — these.
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.
אָלָה
- to curse, v. אלי.
אָלָה ²
- imprecation, curse. Sot. II, 5 (17ᵃ); a. fr.—Pl. אָלוֹת. Ib. a. e.
אֵלֶּה
- c. pl. (b. h.; v. preced.) these, those (cmp. הרי). Ex. R. s. 30 v’elleh (and this) adds to the preceding (continues), elleh (these) restricts. V. אֵלּוּ.
אֵלָה
- v. preced. ws.) terebinth. Shebi. VII, 5.
אלה
- Sabb. 90ᵃ Ar., v. אֵילָא 3.
אַלָּה
- Josh. XXIV, 26; v. אַלָּתָא) [pointed, prominent] e.g. Joshua 24:26
- 1. lance, fork. Kel. XVI, 8 חפוי הא׳, v. חִפּוּי. Pes. 57ᵃ אוי לי מֵאַלָּתָן woe to me (I am afraid) of their fork (weapon). Sabb. VI, 3 (63ᵃ) ed. (Ms. אלא); Y. ibid. 8ᵇ (expl. דייקרן).
- 2. sign-pole, used in the barn as a mark. Ib.; Y. Maasr. I, 49ᵃ bot.; Tosef. Ter. III, 11 משתיעקר הא׳ (ed. Zuck. משיתעשר, corr. acc.) as soon as the sign-pole (fork) is removed (indicating that the grain is ready for use and priestly gifts).
אֱלָהּ
- (= h. אֱלוֹהַּ) God. Dan. III, 28; a. fr.—Targ. O. Deut. XXXIII, 26; a. fr.—Lev. R. s. 5, end את אלה רב Ar. (ed. אלוה). Y. B. Mets. II, 8ᶜ אלההון דיהודאי the God of the Jews. Y. Snh. X, 28ᵇ.—Pl. (also plur. majest.) אֱלָהִין. Dan. II, 11; a. e.—אֱלָהַיָּא. Jer. X, 11. Targ. Ps. CXXXVI, 2 אלהי אלהיא the God of gods. [Gen. R. s. 26 כומריא גנבו א׳ וכ׳ (read אלהון) when priests rob—who would swear by their god?] Ib. (ref. to Gen. VI, 2).—Lev. R. s. 33 תמן קריין … אֱלָהַיָּיא there (in Rome) they call their kings gods. e.g. Daniel 3:28
אלי I
- to curse. Sifré Num. 18 (ref. to Num. XVIII, 21) לאלה שיהו אָלִין בה וכ׳ ‘as a curse’ means that people shall curse by her (pointing to her), ‘may happen unto thee what happened to …’. e.g. Numbers 18:21
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 78 distinct written forms H428 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.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Amos 6:2 | 68 |
| אֵ֖לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Ecclesiastes 7:28 | 58 |
| אֵ֣לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Deuteronomy 1:1 | 57 |
| הָ/אֵ֑לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Daniel 10:15 | 50 |
| הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Deuteronomy 7:17 | 50 |
| הָ/אֵֽלֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Deuteronomy 16:12 | 41 |
| אֵ֥לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Deuteronomy 5:3 | 28 |
| אֵ֑לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Deuteronomy 18:12 | 26 |
| אֵ֚לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Daniel 12:2 | 25 |
| אֵ֛לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Ecclesiastes 11:9 | 24 |
| וְ/אֵ֨לֶּה֙ | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Daniel 11:41 | 22 |
| הָ/אֵ֗לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Deuteronomy 6:6 | 21 |
| אֵֽלֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Daniel 11:4 | 18 |
| הָ/אֵ֨לֶּה֙ | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Daniel 1:17 | 18 |
| וְ/אֵ֣לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Ezra 2:1 | 15 |
| אֵ֔לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Daniel 10:21 | 14 |
| וְ/אֵ֖לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Deuteronomy 22:17 | 14 |
| וְ/אֵ֛לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Deuteronomy 27:13 | 14 |
| אֵ֤לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Exodus 32:4 | 13 |
| אֵ֨לֶּה֙ | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Deuteronomy 25:3 | 13 |
| וְ/אֵ֗לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Exodus 1:1 | 13 |
| וְ/אֵ֥לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Daniel 12:2 | 12 |
| אֵ֗לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Exodus 6:25 | 11 |
| אֵ֕לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Ezra 10:44 | 10 |
| וְ/אֵ֨לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Exodus 6:16 | 9 |
| הָ/אֵ֜לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Esther 9:31 | 7 |
| אֵ֜לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Deuteronomy 3:5 | 6 |
| הָ/אֵ֛לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Deuteronomy 31:3 | 6 |
| אֵ֠לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Deuteronomy 12:1 | 4 |
| מֵ/אֵ֖לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Ezekiel 16:5 | 4 |
| מֵ/אֵֽלֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Ezekiel 8:15 | 4 |
| אֵ֧לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Genesis 36:19 | 3 |
| אֵ֭לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Job 18:21 | 3 |
| אֵלֶּה֩ | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Deuteronomy 29:1 | 3 |
| הָ/אֵ֤לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Esther 9:26 | 3 |
| הָ/אֵלֶּה֮ | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Ezekiel 14:16 | 3 |
| וְ/אֵ֤לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | 1 Chronicles 3:1 | 3 |
| לָ/אֵ֔לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | 1 Kings 22:17 | 3 |
| אֵ֨לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Exodus 11:8 | 2 |
| בְּ/אֵ֛לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | 1 Kings 22:11 | 2 |
| הָ/אֵ֡לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Deuteronomy 5:22 | 2 |
| הָ֠/אֵלֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Esther 9:28 | 2 |
| וְ/כָ/אֵ֛לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | 2 Kings 25:17 | 2 |
| וְ֠/אֵלֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Genesis 36:40 | 2 |
| וּ/מֵ/אֵ֖לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Genesis 9:19 | 2 |
| כְ/אֵ֜לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Jeremiah 10:16 | 2 |
| כָּ/אֵ֑לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Jeremiah 18:13 | 2 |
| מֵ/אֵ֑לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Ecclesiastes 7:10 | 2 |
| מֵ/אֵ֗לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | 1 Chronicles 2:53 | 2 |
| אֵ֣לֶּ֣ה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Genesis 36:13 | 1 |
| אֵ֦לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | 1 Kings 20:29 | 1 |
| בְ/אֵ֥לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Jeremiah 9:24 | 1 |
| בְּ/אֵ֑לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Leviticus 25:54 | 1 |
| בְּ/אֵ֔לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Leviticus 26:23 | 1 |
| בְּ/אֵ֨לֶּה֙ | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | 1 Chronicles 7:29 | 1 |
| בָּ/אֵ֖לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | 1 Samuel 17:39 | 1 |
| בָּ/אֵֽלֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | 1 Samuel 16:10 | 1 |
| ה/אהל | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | 1 Kings 7:45 | 1 |
| הָ/אֵ֔לֶה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Zechariah 4:11 | 1 |
| הָ/אֵ֧לֶּה | Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural | Joshua 4:7 | 1 |
The 60 most common forms are shown; 18 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H428, 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.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 661 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 697 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 2:4
- Exodus 1:1
- Leviticus 2:8
- Numbers 1:5
- Deuteronomy 1:1
- Joshua 4:6
- Judges 2:4
- Ruth 3:17
- 1 Samuel 2:23
- 2 Samuel 2:13
- 1 Kings 4:2
- 2 Kings 1:7
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.