Strong H425H425Hאֵלָה
Elah
One of the 6 senses of Strong H425
- Transliteration
- 'êlâh
- Pronunciation
- ay-law'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A king living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.16.6;
son of: Baasha (H1201)
son of: Baasha (H1201)
Meaning of the name
Elah = "An oak"
General definition
The same as H424; {Elah} the name of an {Edomite} or four {Israelites} and also of a place in Palestine: - Elah.
In the biblical story
Elah
Son of Baasha, king of Israel
Elah, son of Baasha, was king of Israel for two years.
In the Bible
Strong H425H appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- elah3
- begin1
First verses
- 1 Kings 16:6So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
- 1 Kings 16:8In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.
- 1 Kings 16:13For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
- 1 Kings 16:14Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?