Strong’s H692 · Hebrew

אַרְאֵלִי
ʼArʼêlîy
ar-ay-lee'

Definition

Areli (or an Arelite, collectively), an Israelite and his descendants

Etymology

from H691 (אֶרְאֵל); heroic;

Where the KJV renders it

  • Areli
  • Arelites

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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