אֵ֫לֶּה
these
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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 Jeremiah — 60 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.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 2:34 אֵֽלֶּה pron dem cp Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: you did not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.
- Jeremiah 3:7 אֵ֛לֶּה pron dem cp I said after she had done all these things, She will return to me; but she didn't return: and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
- Jeremiah 3:12 הָ/אֵ֜לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, says Yahweh; I will not look in anger on you; for I am merciful, says Yahweh, I will not keep [anger] forever.
- Jeremiah 4:12 מֵ/אֵ֖לֶּה prep + pron dem cp a full wind from these shall come for me: now will I also utter judgments against them.
- Jeremiah 4:18 אֵ֖לֶּה pron dem cp Your way and your doings have procured these things to you; this is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart.
- Jeremiah 5:9 אֵ֥לֶּה pron dem cp Shall I not visit for these things? says Yahweh; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
- Jeremiah 5:19 אֵ֑לֶּה pron dem cp It shall happen, when you shall say, Why has Yahweh our God done all these things to us? then shall you say to them, Like as you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
- Jeremiah 5:25 אֵ֑לֶּה pron dem cp Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.
- Jeremiah 5:29 אֵ֥לֶּה pron dem cp Shall I not visit for these things? says Yahweh; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
- Jeremiah 7:2 הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Stand in the gate of Yahweh's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of Yahweh, all you of Judah, who enter in at these gates to worship Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 7:10 הָ/אֵֽלֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered; that you may do all these abominations?
- Jeremiah 7:13 הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Now, because you have done all these works, says Yahweh, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you didn't hear; and I called you, but you didn't answer:
- Jeremiah 7:27 הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp You shall speak all these words to them; but they will not listen to you: you shall also call to them; but they will not answer you.
- Jeremiah 9:9 אֵ֥לֶּה pron dem cp Shall I not visit them for these things? says Yahweh; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
- Jeremiah 9:24 בְ/אֵ֥לֶּה prep + pron dem cp but let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 10:16 כְ/אֵ֜לֶּה prep + pron dem cp The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Hosts is his name.
- Jeremiah 11:6 הָ/אֵ֨לֶּה֙ ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Yahweh said to me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear you the words of this covenant, and do them.
- Jeremiah 13:22 אֵ֑לֶּה pron dem cp If you say in your heart, Why are these things come on me? for the greatness of your iniquity are your skirts uncovered, and your heels suffer violence.
- Jeremiah 14:22 אֵֽלֶּה pron dem cp Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the sky give showers? Aren't you he, Yahweh our God? therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.
- Jeremiah 16:10 הָ/אֵ֑לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp It shall happen, when you shall show this people all these words, and they shall tell you, Why has Yahweh pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against Yahweh our God?
- Jeremiah 17:20 הָ/אֵֽלֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp and tell them, Hear you the word of Yahweh, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:
- Jeremiah 18:13 כָּ/אֵ֑לֶּה prep + pron dem cp Therefore thus says Yahweh: Ask you now among the nations, who has heard such things; the virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.
- Jeremiah 20:1 הָ/אֵֽלֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the house of Yahweh, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
- Jeremiah 22:2 הָ/אֵֽלֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Say, Hear the word of Yahweh, king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people who enter in by these gates.
- Jeremiah 22:5 הָ/אֵ֑לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself, says Yahweh, that this house shall become a desolation.
- Jeremiah 24:5 הָ/אֵ֑לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, for good.
- Jeremiah 25:9 הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says Yahweh, and [I will send] to Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants of it, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
- Jeremiah 25:11 הָ/אֵ֛לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp This whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
- Jeremiah 25:30 הָ/אֵ֑לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Therefore prophesy you against them all these words, and tell them, Yahweh will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, as those who tread [the grapes], against all the inhabitants of the earth.
- Jeremiah 26:7 הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 26:10 הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king's house to the house of Yahweh; and they sat in the entry of the new gate of Yahweh's [house].
- Jeremiah 26:15 הָ/אֵֽלֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Only know for certain that, if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city, and on the inhabitants of it; for of a truth Yahweh has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.
- Jeremiah 27:6 הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the animals of the field also have I given him to serve him.
- Jeremiah 27:12 הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
- Jeremiah 28:14 הָ/אֵ֗לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp For thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the animals of the field also.
- Jeremiah 29:1 וְ/אֵ֨לֶּה֙ conj + pron dem cp Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,
- Jeremiah 30:4 וְ/אֵ֣לֶּה conj + pron dem cp These are the words that Yahweh spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
- Jeremiah 30:15 אֵ֖לֶּה pron dem cp Why cry you for your hurt? your pain is incurable: for the greatness of your iniquity, because your sins were increased, I have done these things to you.
- Jeremiah 31:21 אֵֽלֶּה pron dem cp Set up road signs, make guideposts; set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you went: turn again, virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.
- Jeremiah 31:36 הָ/אֵ֛לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp If these ordinances depart from before me, says Yahweh, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.
- Jeremiah 32:14 הָ/אֵ֡לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, this deed of the purchase which is sealed, and this deed which is open, and put them in an earthen vessel; that they may continue many days.
- Jeremiah 34:6 הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,
- Jeremiah 36:16 הָ/אֵֽלֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Now it happened, when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said to Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.
- Jeremiah 36:17 הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp They asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did you write all these words at his mouth?
- Jeremiah 36:18 הָ/אֵ֑לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
- Jeremiah 36:24 הָ/אֵֽלֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp They were not afraid, nor tore their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants who heard all these words.
- Jeremiah 38:4 הָ/אֵ֑לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Then the princes said to the king, Let this man, we pray you, be put to death; because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man doesn't seek the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
- Jeremiah 38:9 הָ/אֵ֨לֶּה֙ ptcl def.art + pron dem cp My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is likely to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.
- Jeremiah 38:16 הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As Yahweh lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.
- Jeremiah 38:24 הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Then said Zedekiah to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die.
- Jeremiah 38:27 הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Then came all the princes to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.
- Jeremiah 43:1 הָ/אֵֽלֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp It happened that, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking to all the people all the words of Yahweh their God, with which Yahweh their God had sent him to them, even all these words,
- Jeremiah 43:10 הָ/אֵ֖לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp and tell them, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne on these stones that I have hidden; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them.
- Jeremiah 45:1 הָ/אֵ֤לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these word in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
- Jeremiah 49:36 הָ/אֵ֑לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp On Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
- Jeremiah 51:19 כְ/אֵ֜לֶּה prep + pron dem cp The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and [Israel] is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Hosts is his name.
- Jeremiah 51:60 הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come on Babylon, even all these words that are written concerning Babylon.
- Jeremiah 51:61 הָ/אֵֽלֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words,
- Jeremiah 52:20 הָ/אֵֽלֶּה ptcl def.art + pron dem cp The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made for the house of Yahweh. The brass of all these vessels was without weight.
- Jeremiah 52:22 וְ/כָ/אֵ֛לֶּה conj + prep + pron dem cp A capital of brass was on it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital round about, all of brass: and the second pillar also had like these, and pomegranates.
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
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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.
