Strong’s H424 · Hebrew

אֵלָה
ʼêlâh
ay-law'

Definition

an oak or other strong tree

Etymology

feminine of H352 (אַיִל);

Where the KJV renders it

  • elm
  • oak
  • teil-tree

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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