Lexicon :: Strong's H359 - 'êlôṯ

אֵילוֹת
Transliteration
'êlôṯ
Pronunciation
ay-loth'
Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From אַיִל (H352)
Strong’s Definitions

אֵילוֹת ʼÊylôwth, ay-loth'; or אֵילַת ʼÊylath ; from H352; trees or a grove (i.e. palms); Eloth or Elath, a place on the Red Sea:—Elath, Eloth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H359 in the following manner: Elath (5x), Eloth (3x).

  1. Elath or Eloth = "grove of lofty trees"

    1. a port on the north-east arm of the Red Sea

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֵילוֹת ʼÊylôwth, ay-loth'; or אֵילַת ʼÊylath ; from H352; trees or a grove (i.e. palms); Eloth or Elath, a place on the Red Sea:—Elath, Eloth.
STRONGS H359: Abbreviations
† 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; 2 Kings 16:6 (twice in verse) (perhaps later designation for fuller איל פארן which see) = 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 פָּאוָן אֵיל, אֵילַת).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:6; 36:41

Deuteronomy

2:8

1 Kings

9:26

2 Kings

14:22; 16:6; 16:6

2 Chronicles

8:17; 26:2