TBESH · H0424
אֵלָה · e.lah · oak
1) terebinth, terebinth tree 2) valley where David killed Goliath
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e.lah H424
אֵלָה (e.lah) means “oak” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
אֵלָה Hebrew · H424 13 tagged occurrences in 12 verses
Pronunciation guide: ay-law' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
feminine of H352 (אַיִל); an oak or other strong tree
KJV glosses: elm, oak, teil-tree.
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How translators render H424
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the oak | 4 |
| oak | 2 |
| an oak tree | 1 |
| and terebinth | 1 |
| as the terebinth | 1 |
| in an oak tree | 1 |
| in the oak tree | 1 |
| in the tree | 1 |
| like an oak | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| oak | 2 |
| under an oak | 2 |
| and elms | 1 |
| as a teil tree | 1 |
| for ye shall be as an oak | 1 |
| in an oak | 1 |
| in the midst of the oak | 1 |
| of the oak | 1 |
| them under the oak | 1 |
| under the oak | 1 |
| unto him under the oak | 1 |
Verses containing H424
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- Genesis 35:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So they gave Jacob all their foreign gods and all their earrings, and Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem.
Read word by word - Judges 6:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
Read word by word - Judges 6:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread and an ephah of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them out to present to Him under the oak.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 18:9
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 18:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When one of the men saw this, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!”
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 18:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 13:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and went after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” “I am,” he replied.
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 10:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
Read word by word - Isaiah 1:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, like a garden without water.
Read word by word - Isaiah 6:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”
Read word by word - Ezekiel 6:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy oak—the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.
Read word by word - Hosea 4:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.
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