Bible Encyclopedia: Ehud

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

EHUD

e'-hud (ehudh, "united," "strong"):

A Benjamite, son of Gera, deliverer of Israel from oppression by Moab (Judges 3:15-30). Gaining access alone to the presence of King Eglon under pretense of a secret errand connected with the payment of Israel's tribute, Ehud, a left-handed man, drew the sword he had concealed upon his right side, and thrust the king through. He locked the doors of the upper chamber after him, made his escape, and with the Israelites overcame Moab at the fords of the Jordan, slaying some 10,000. Ehud's name occurs again in the Benjamite genealogy (1 Chronicles 7:10).

F. K. Farr

Strong's Hebrew

164. Ehud -- the name of several Israelites
... 163, 164. Ehud. 165 . the name of several Israelites. Transliteration: Ehud
Phonetic Spelling: (ay-hood') Short Definition: Ehud. ... NASB Word Usage Ehud (9). ...
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261. Echud -- "union," a Benjamite
... 260, 261. Echud. 262 . "union," a Benjamite. Transliteration: Echud
Phonetic Spelling: (ay-khood') Short Definition: Ehud. ... Ehud. ...
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Library

How Our People Served the Moabites Eighteen Years, and were Then ...
... CHAPTER 4. How Our People Served The Moabites Eighteen Years, And Were Then Delivered
From Slavery By One Ehud Who Retained The Dominion Eighty Years. ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 4 how our people.htm

Judges
... and repeated in a less elaborate form elsewhere, vi.7-10, x.6-16, is amply illustrated
by the stories that follow"the stories of Othniel, Ehud, Deborah and ...
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The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
... and the Hebrews on the left bank of the Jordan"The conquest of Canaan and the native
reaction against the Hebrews"The judges, Ehud, Deborah, Jerubbaal or ...
/.../chapter iiithe hebrews and the.htm

The Kingdom Conquering
... XI. Othniel, Ehud, Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah, Samson: the Six Deliverers. XII.1.
Environment counts. 2. The Lord delivers when His people cry unto Him. XIII. ...
/.../palmer/a birds-eye view of the bible/iii the kingdom conquering.htm

The Great Misery of those who Lose the Saints' Rest.
... I may say, as Ehud to Eglon, "I have a message to thee from God;" that, as the word
of God is true, thou shalt never see the face of God in peace. ...
/.../baxter/the saints everlasting rest/chapter v the great misery.htm

The Judges.
... was raised up to deliver them. (2) The invasion of the Moabites and the
deliverance through Ehud. (3) The oppression of the Canaanites ...
/.../tidwell/the bible period by period/chapter ix the judges.htm

How the Title of Saviour is Given to Christ in one Sense, and to ...
... is given to others ("And the Lord raised up to them a Saviour, Othniel the Son of
Kenaz," [2484] and again, "the Lord raised up to them a Saviour, Ehud the son ...
/.../cassian/the seven books of john cassian /chapter xii how the title.htm

An Explanation of the Three Callings.
... And it says: "The Lord sent them a Saviour, called Ehud, the son of Gera, the son
of Jemini, who used the left hand as well as the right:" and again we are told ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter iv an explanation of.htm

Of the Excellence of the Perfect Man who is Figuratively Spoken of ...
... Those are they then who are figuratively spoken of in holy Scripture as amphoterodexion
, ie, ambidextrous, as Ehud is described in the book of Judges "who ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter x of the excellence.htm

Whether the Truth of this Promised Peace Can be Ascribed to those ...
... Solomon had, who reigned forty years. For under that judge who is called
Ehud there were eighty years of peace. [1079] Be it far from ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 13 whether the truth of.htm

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Ehud

he that praises

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ehud

(union).

Ehud son of Bilhah, and great-grandson of Benjamin the patriarch. (1 Chronicles 7:10; 8:6)
Ehud son of Gera, of the tribe of Benjamin, (Judges 3:15) the second judge of the Israelites. (B.C. about 1370.) In the Bible he is not called a judge, but a deliverer (l.c.): so Othniel, (Judges 3:9) and all the Judges. (Nehemiah 9:27) As a Benjamite he was specially chosen to destroy Eglon, who had established himself in Jericho, which was included in the boundaries of that tribe. He was very strong, and left-handed. [EGLON]

ATS Bible Dictionary

Ehud

A Benjamite, who delivered Israel from the Moabites, by first slaying Eglon their king, and then raising an army and defeating his people. He judged Israel with honor for many years, Jud 3:12-31; 4:1.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Union.

(1.) A descendant of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 7:10), his great-grandson.

(2.) The son of Gera, of the tribe of Benjamin (Judges 3:15). After the death of Othniel the people again fell into idolatry, and Eglon, the king of Moab, uniting his bands with those of the Ammonites and the Amalekites, crossed the Jordan and took the city of Jericho, and for eighteen years held that whole district in subjection, exacting from it an annual tribute. At length Ehud, by a stratagem, put Eglon to death with a two-edged dagger a cubit long, and routed the Moabites at the fords of the Jordan, putting 10,000 of them to death. Thenceforward the land, at least Benjamin, enjoyed rest "for fourscore years" (Judges 3:12-30). (see QUARRIES .) But in the south-west the Philistines reduced the Israelites to great straits (Judges 5:6). From this oppression Shamgar was raised up to be their deliverer.

Thesaurus

Ehud (12 Occurrences)
... At length Ehud, by a stratagem, put Eglon to death with a two-edged dagger a cubit
long, and routed the Moabites at the fords of the Jordan, putting 10,000 of ...
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Eglon (13 Occurrences)
... The people at length "cried unto the Lord" in their distress, and he "raised them
up a deliverer" in Ehud (qv), the son of Gera, a Benjamite. ...
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Quarries (4 Occurrences)
... (2.) The "quarries" (Hebrews pesilim) by Gilgal (Judges 3:19), from which Ehud turned
back for the purpose of carrying out his design to put Eglon king of Moab ...
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Gera (9 Occurrences)
... 5, 7). (2.) The father of Ehud the judge (Judges 3:15). (3 ... Bela's sons.
(3) Father, or ancestor, of the judge Ehud (Judges 3:15). (4 ...
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Parlor (5 Occurrences)
... Judges 3:20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlor, which
he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. ...
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Summer-house (4 Occurrences)
... Judges 3:20 Then Ehud came in to him while he was seated by himself in his
summer-house. And Ehud said, I have a word from God for you. ...
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Roof (55 Occurrences)
... Judges 3:20 And Ehud came to him, as he was sitting alone in his cool roof
chamber. And Ehud said, "I have a message from God for ...
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Chamber (73 Occurrences)
... And the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. (DBY JPS). Judges 3:20 And
Ehud came to him, as he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber. ...
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Upper (99 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Judges 3:20 Ehud came to him;
and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. ...
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Lefthanded (2 Occurrences)
... The first is Ehud, son of Gera, who killed Eglon, king of Moab, and thereby delivered
Israel from paying tribute to the Moabites (Judges 3:15). ...
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Bible Concordance

Ehud (12 Occurrences)

Judges 3:15 But when the children of Israel cried to Yahweh, Yahweh raised them up a savior, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed. The children of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 3:16 Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he girded it under his clothing on his right thigh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 3:18 And when Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people that carried the tribute.
(DBY RSV NIV)

Judges 3:20 Ehud came to him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. Ehud said, "I have a message from God to you." He arose out of his seat.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 3:21 Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 3:22 and the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed on the blade, for he didn't draw the sword out of his body; and it came out behind.
(See NIV)

Judges 3:23 Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 3:26 Ehud escaped while they waited, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to Seirah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 4:1 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, when Ehud was dead.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 7:10 The sons of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 8:3 And Bela had sons, Addar and Gera, the father of Ehud,
(BBE)

1 Chronicles 8:6 These are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them captive to Manahath:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Ehud

Ehud: A Benjamite, the Assassin of Eglon

Ehud: A Descendant of Benjamin

Ehud: A Descendant of Benjamin: And Aharah

Ehud: A Descendant of Benjamin: And Aher

Ehud: A Descendant of Benjamin: And Ahiah

Ehud: A Descendant of Benjamin: And Ahoah

Ehud: A Descendant of Benjamin: Called Ehi

Ehud: A Descendant of Benjamin: Probably Identical With Ahiram, Mentioned In

Ehud: Son of Bilhan

Regicide of Ehud