Strong H5958עֶ֫לֶם

youth

Transliteration: ‛elem
Pronunciation: eh'-lem
Morphology: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From H5956; properly something kept out of sight (compare {H5959 }) that {is} a lad: - young {man} stripling.

Detailed definition

STEP sense: youth

Exact lexical definition: young man

Part of speech: noun

BDB context: עֶ֫לֶם n.m . young man

In the Bible

Strong H5958 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

man1
stripling1

First verses

1 Samuel 17:56
And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.
1 Samuel 20:22
But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the Lord hath sent thee away.

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