Strong H164H164Gאֵהוּד
Ehud
One of the 2 senses of Strong H164
- Transliteration
- 'êhûd
- Pronunciation
- ay-hood'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
General definition
From the same as H161; united;
{Ehud} the name of two or three Israelite: - Ehud.
{Ehud} the name of two or three Israelite: - Ehud.
In the biblical story
Ehud
Left-handed Benjamite judge who delivered Israel from Moabite oppression
Ehud, a left-handed Benjamite, was a judge who delivered Israel from Moabite oppression by assassinating King Eglon and leading a victory over Moab. (Jdg.3; 4.1; 1Ch.8.6)
In the Bible
Strong H164G appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ehud7
First verses
- Judges 3:15But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
- Judges 3:16But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
- Judges 3:20And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
- Judges 3:21And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
- Judges 3:23Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
- Judges 3:26And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
- Judges 4:1And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead.