Strong H425H425Iאֵלָה
Elah
One of the 6 senses of Strong H425
- Transliteration
- 'êlâh
- Pronunciation
- ay-law'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.15.30;
father of: Hoshea (H1954)
father of: Hoshea (H1954)
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
Father of Hoshea, the last king of Israel
Elah was the father of Hoshea, the last king of Israel.
In the Bible
Strong H425I appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- elah4
First verses
- 2 Kings 15:30And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
- 2 Kings 17:1In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
- 2 Kings 18:1Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
- 2 Kings 18:9And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.