ʻĕlîy — H5940

Definition

masculine noun

a pestle (as lifted)

1. pestle

Usually translated as

pestle

Origin

from H5927

• Derived from ʻâlâh (H5927)

Greek equivalents

• ēlí (G2241)

Occurrences

ʻĕlîy occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Proverbs (1)

• Proverbs 27:22 — Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle (בַּֽעֱלִ֑י), yet will not his foolishness depart from him.