Lexical Summary Eloth: "grove of lofty trees" Original Word: אֵילוֹתTransliteration: Eloth Phonetic Spelling: (ay-loth') Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: "grove of lofty trees" Meaning: Eloth -- "grove of lofty trees" Strong's Concordance Elath, Eloth Or meylath {ay-lath'}; from 'ayil; trees or a grove (i.e. Palms); Eloth or Elath, a place on the Red Sea -- Elath, Eloth. see HEBREW 'ayil Brown-Driver-Briggs H359. Eloth אֵילַת proper name, of a location (lofty tree (s collective?) i.e. palms? compare Di Genesis 14:6) town & harbour, northeast arm of Red Sea, hence called lanitic Gulf (= Gulf of Akaba, from neighbouring fortress) Deuteronomy 2:8; 2 Kings 14:22; 16:6 (twice in verse) (perhaps later designation for fuller פארן איל q. v.) = ᵐ5 Αἰλων, Αἰλαθ Greek Αἰλανα etc.; = אֵלָה (? Genesis 36:41 see Di), אֵילוֺת below אֵילוֺת proper name, of a location id. (grove of lofty trees (palms?)) 1 Kings 9:26; 2 Kings 16:6; 2 Chronicles 8:17; 26:2 (compare אֵילַת מָּאוָן, אֵיל). |
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