Strong’s
H1286Proper name, a title1 time in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Judges 9:46בְּרִית
On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
אֵל n.m. god, but with various subordinate applications to express the idea of might
1. applied to men of might and rank
2. angels
3. gods of the nations
4. Ēl
5. as characterizing mighty things in nature
6. God, the one only and true God of Israel
7. אֵל strength, power
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.