Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
God
Usage: This name means god, god-like one, mighty one, strength, power Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)
El means “idol” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G410 — anenkletos (“blameless”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H410 אֵל (el) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. el (ale) n-m. 1. strength 2. (as adjective) mighty It has 235 linked Bible usages across 23 books. Visible English usage signals include almighty, god, strength, mighty, and am. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
el (ale) n-m. 1. strength 2. (as adjective) mighty 3. (especially) the Almighty (but used also of any deity) [shortened from H352] KJV: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Root(s): H352 Compare: names, in, "-el."
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God
Usage: This name means god, god-like one, mighty one, strength, power Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render el, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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235 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H410.
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:
And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long; and there shall be no might in thine hand.
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,)
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.
Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me.
Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.
Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.
Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man,
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.
For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.
Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
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El (Strong's H410) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "idol". el (ale) n-m. 1. strength 2. (as adjective) mighty
This page currently indexes 235 linked usages for Strong's H410 across 23 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H410 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
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