Strong H500אֶלְעָלֵא

Elealeh

Transliteration
'el‛âlê' 'el‛âlêh
Pronunciation
{el-aw-lay'} el-aw-lay'
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

From H410 and H5927; God (is) going up;
Elale or {Elaleh} a place east of the Jordan: - Elealeh.

Meaning of the name

Elealeh = "God is ascending"

Detailed definition

Elealeh, a Moabite city assigned to the tribe of Reuben, later featured in prophecies of Moab's destruction.

In the biblical story

Elealeh

Moabite city assigned to Reuben; later prophecies of destruction

Elealeh, a Moabite city assigned to the tribe of Reuben, later featured in prophecies of Moab's destruction.

In the Bible

Strong H500 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • elealeh5

First verses

  1. Numbers 32:3
    Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
  2. Numbers 32:37
    And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
  3. Isaiah 15:4
    And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
  4. Isaiah 16:9
    Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
  5. Jeremiah 48:34
    From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
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