Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H457
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- 'eliyl
- Pronunciation
- el-eel'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H457
- Brief meaning
- Good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity, specifically an idol
- Source renderings
- idol, no value, thing of nought
- Root word
- apparently from H408
- Full definition from the source
- Good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol. Root word: apparently from H408.
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H408
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
00457\ 457 'eliyl el-eel' apparently from 408; good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol:--idol, no value, thing of nought. see HEBREW for 0408