ʼÊlâh — H425

Definition

locative proper noun

Elah, the name of an Edomite, of four Israelites, and also of a place in Palestine

1. Elah = "An oak"
2. an Edomite chief
3. a king of Israel for two years, son of Baasha
4. the father of king Hoshea of Israel
5. a son of Caleb
6. son of Uzzi

Usually translated as

Elah

Origin

the same as H424

• Same as ʼêlâh (H424)

Occurrences

ʼÊlâh occurs 16 times in 15 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), 1 Samuel (3), 1 Kings (4), 2 Kings (4), 1 Chronicles (3)

• Genesis 36:41 — Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah (אֵלָ֖ה), duke Pinon,
• 1 Samuel 17:2 — And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah (הָאֵלָ֑ה), and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
• 1 Samuel 17:19 — Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah (הָֽאֵלָ֑ה), fighting with the Philistines.
• 1 Samuel 21:9 — And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah (הָאֵלָ֗ה), behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
• 1 Kings 16:6 — So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah (אֵלָ֥ה) his son reigned in his stead.
• 1 Kings 16:8 — In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah (אֵלָ֨ה) the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.
• 1 Kings 16:13 — For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah (אֵלָ֣ה) his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
• 1 Kings 16:14 — Now the rest of the acts of Elah (אֵלָ֖ה), and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
• 2 Kings 15:30 — And Hoshea the son of Elah (אֵלָ֗ה) made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
• 2 Kings 17:1 — In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah (אֵלָ֧ה) to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
• 2 Kings 18:1 — Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah (אֵלָ֖ה) king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
• 2 Kings 18:9 — And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah (אֵלָ֖ה) king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
• 1 Chronicles 1:52 — Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah (אֵלָ֖ה), duke Pinon,
• 1 Chronicles 4:15 — And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah (אֵלָ֖ה), and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
• 1 Chronicles 4:15 — And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah (אֵלָ֖ה), even Kenaz.
• 1 Chronicles 9:8 — And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah (וְאֵלָ֥ה) the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;