Lexicon :: Strong's H512 - 'elqšî

אֶלְקשִׁי
Transliteration
'elqšî
Pronunciation
el-ko-shee'
Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Patrial from a name of uncertain derivation
Strong’s Definitions

אֶלְקֹשִׁי ʼElqôshîy, el-ko-shee'; patrial from a name of uncertain derivation; an Elkoshite or native of Elkosh:—Elkoshite.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H512 in the following manner: Elkoshite (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H512 in the following manner: Elkoshite (1x).

  1. Elkoshite = "God the ensnarer"

    1. a native and/or descendant of Elkosh (location unknown)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֶלְקֹשִׁי ʼElqôshîy, el-ko-shee'; patrial from a name of uncertain derivation; an Elkoshite or native of Elkosh:—Elkoshite.
STRONGS H512: Abbreviations
† אֶלְקוֺשִׁי adjective, of a people with article Nahum the Elkoshite Nahum 1:1 (perhaps = from Elkosh, but locality unknown; identified by JerComm. with a village Elcesi in Galilee; compare also Capernaum (= כְּפַר נַחוּם ?); others (improbably) with an Elkosh on east bank of Tigris, near Mosul). **On etymology, and site of place, see DaNahum, etc., 9 ff. GASmTwelve Proph. ii. 79f.
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Nahum

1:1