el · El, God, god

What it means

el (אֵל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “El, God, god”.

"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• El ×218
• god ×16
• power ×5
• gods ×2
• mighty ×2
• Asahel ×1
• among the terebinths ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×19
• Exodus×7
• Numbers×10
• Deuteronomy×14
• Joshua×4
• Judges×1
• 1 Samuel×1
• 2 Samuel×6
• Nehemiah×4
• Job×56
• Psalms×77
• Proverbs×1
• Isaiah×23
• Jeremiah×2
• Lamentations×1
• Ezekiel×5
• Daniel×4
• Hosea×3
• Jonah×1
• Micah×2
• Nahum×1
• Malachi×3

• Genesis 14:18

  And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was priest of El Elyon.

• Genesis 14:19

  He blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram of El Elyon, owner of the heavens and earth;

• Genesis 14:20

  and blessed be El Elyon, who has delivered your adversaries into your hand.” And he gave him a tenth of everything.

• Genesis 14:22

  But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to YHWH, El Elyon, owner of the heavens and earth,

• Genesis 16:13

  So she called the name of YHWH, who was speaking to her, “You are El Roi,” for she said, “Have I really seen here after the one who sees me?”

• Genesis 17:1

  When Abram was ninety-nine years old, YHWH appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am El Shaddai; walk before me and be blameless.

• Genesis 21:33

  He planted a tamarisk in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of YHWH, El Olam.

• Genesis 28:3

  May El Shaddai bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you become an assembly of peoples.

• Genesis 31:13

  I am El of Bethel, where you anointed a standing stone, where you made to me a vow. Now get up, leave this land and return to the land of your kindred.’”

• Genesis 31:29

  It is in the power of my hand to do you harm; but the Elohim of your father spoke to me last night, saying, ‘Be careful not to speak with Jacob either good or bad.’

• Genesis 33:20

  He set up there an altar and called it “El, the Elohim of Israel.”

• Genesis 35:1

  Elohim said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and stay there, and make there an altar to El who appeared to you when you fled from Esau your brother.”

• Genesis 35:3

  Let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make there an altar to El who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me on the way that I have gone.”

• Genesis 35:7

  He built there an altar and called the place El-bethel, because there Elohim had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.

• Genesis 35:11

  And Elohim said to him, “I am El Shaddai. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and an assembly of nations will come from you, and kings will come out from your loins.

• Genesis 43:14

  May El Shaddai give you mercy before the man, so that he releases to you your other brother and Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”

• Genesis 46:3

  He said, “I am El, the Elohim of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there.

• Genesis 48:3

  Jacob said to Joseph, “El Shaddai appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.

• Genesis 49:25

  by the El of your father, who will help you, and by Shaddai, who will bless you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.

• Exodus 6:3

  I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as El Shaddai, but by my name, YHWH, I did not make myself known to them.

• Exodus 15:2

  My strength and my song is Yah, and he has become my salvation. This is my El, and I will praise him; the Elohim of my father, and I will exalt him.

• Exodus 15:11

  Who is like you among the gods, YHWH? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in praises, doing wonders?

• Exodus 20:5

  You shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I, YHWH your Elohim, am a jealous El, calling to account the iniquity of the fathers on the sons, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,

• Exodus 34:6

  And YHWH passed by before him and proclaimed, “YHWH, YHWH, an El merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,

• Exodus 34:14

  For you shall not bow down to another god, for YHWH, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous El.

• Numbers 12:13

  And Moses cried out to YHWH, saying, “El, please, heal her, please.”

• Numbers 16:22

  And they fell on their faces and said, “El, Elohim of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin and will you be angry with all the community?”

• Numbers 23:8

  How shall I curse whom El has not cursed? And how shall I denounce whom YHWH has not denounced?

• Numbers 23:19

  El is not a man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should relent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

• Numbers 23:22

  El brings them out of Egypt; he has as it were the horns of the wild ox.

• Numbers 23:23

  For there is no omen against Jacob, and no divination against Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘What El has done!’

• Numbers 24:4

  the oracle of him who hears the words of El, who sees the vision of Shaddai, fallen down and with eyes uncovered:

• Numbers 24:8

  El brings him out of Egypt; he has as it were the horns of the wild ox. He shall devour the nations, his adversaries, and break their bones, and with his arrows shatter them.

• Numbers 24:16

  the oracle of him who hears the words of El, and knows the knowledge of Elyon, who sees the vision of Shaddai, fallen down and with eyes uncovered:

• Numbers 24:23

  And he took up his poem and said, “Alas, who shall live when El does this?

• Deuteronomy 3:24

  “Adonai YHWH, you have begun to show your servant your greatness and your strong hand; for what god is there in the heavens or on the earth who can do according to your works and according to your mighty deeds?

• Deuteronomy 4:24

  For YHWH your Elohim is a consuming fire, a jealous El.

• Deuteronomy 4:31

  For a merciful El is YHWH your Elohim; he will not fail you or destroy you or forget the covenant of your fathers that he swore to them.

• Deuteronomy 5:9

  You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, YHWH your Elohim, am a jealous El, calling to account the iniquity of fathers upon children, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of those who hate me,

• Deuteronomy 6:15

  for a jealous El is YHWH your Elohim in your midst, lest the anger of YHWH your Elohim be kindled against you and he destroy you from the face of the ground.

And 205 more times.