אֱיָל
ʼĕyâl · H353 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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strength
Meaning unsure: state of being strong and vigorous and able to help oneself
ExamplesPsalm 88:4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I have become like a man without strength,
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אַיִןthere is no, not 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- כֹּחַ kôach · H3581 · strength, power, ability
- The most common Hebrew term for strength/power; כֹּחַ is the standard lexical synonym for strength vocabulary across Biblical Hebrew and would be naturally interchangeable with אֱיָל in contexts denoting strength.
- עֹז ʻôz · H5797 · strong, mighty, strength
- Common Hebrew noun for strength/might; עֹז frequently appears in strength-related semantic domains and could substitute for אֱיָל in expressing the concept of strength or might.
- גְּבוּרָה gᵉbûwrâh · H1369 · greatness, ability, might
- Standard Hebrew term for strength/might; גְּבוּרָה emphasizes power and mighty acts, sharing the semantic field of strength with אֱיָל.
In the other Testament 1 word
- δύναμις dýnamis · G1411 · ability, capability, power
- Another primary Greek term for strength/power used throughout LXX for Hebrew strength vocabulary; δύναμις emphasizes capability and potency, fitting the semantic domain of אֱיָל as 'strength'.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Strong002001001063
- אֱיָל names strength itself, as the psalmist lamenting having been cut off from the LORD's strengthening hand.
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H353. eyal אֱיָל noun masculine help (loan-word from Aramaic help, so LagOr ii. 7, BN…
אֱיָל noun masculine help (loan-word from Aramaic help, so LagOr ii. 7, BN 175, NöZMG 1883, 528) only in simile א אֵין ׳כְּגֶבֶר Psa 88:5.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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