164. Ehud
Strong's Lexicon
Ehud: Ehud

Original Word: אֵהוּד
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Ehuwd
Pronunciation: ay-HOOD
Phonetic Spelling: (ay-hood')
Definition: Ehud
Meaning: Ehud

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root אֶחָד (echad), meaning "one" or "unity."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for Ehud in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a proper name specific to the Hebrew text.

Usage: Ehud is a personal name in the Hebrew Bible, primarily known as a judge of Israel. The name is often associated with the concept of unity or singularity, reflecting the root meaning of "one."

Cultural and Historical Background: Ehud is a significant figure in the Book of Judges, a period characterized by a cyclical pattern of Israel's disobedience, oppression by foreign powers, cries for deliverance, and subsequent rescue by judges raised by God. Ehud, a left-handed Benjamite, is noted for delivering Israel from Moabite oppression. His account highlights themes of divine intervention, cunning, and bravery in the face of oppression.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from the same as Ohad
Definition
the name of several Isr.
NASB Translation
Ehud (9).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
אֵהוּד proper name, masculine 1. a Benjamite, son of Gera, deliverer of Israel from Moab Judges 3:15,16,20 (twice in verse); Judges 3:21,23,26; Judges 4:1.

2 a Benjamite, son of Bilhan (= fore-going ?) 1 Chronicles 7:10.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Ehud

From the same as 'Ohad; united; Ehud, the name of two or three Israelites -- Ehud.

see HEBREW 'Ohad

Forms and Transliterations
אֵה֔וּד אֵה֖וּד אֵה֜וּד אֵה֤וּד אֵהוּד֙ אהוד וְאֵה֖וּד וְאֵה֣וּד ׀ וְאֵה֤וּד וְאֵה֥וּד ואהוד ’ê·hūḏ ’êhūḏ eHud veeHud wə’êhūḏ wə·’ê·hūḏ
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Judges 3:15
HEB: מוֹשִׁ֗יעַ אֶת־ אֵה֤וּד בֶּן־ גֵּרָא֙
NAS: up a deliverer for them, Ehud the son
KJV: a deliverer, Ehud the son
INT: the LORD A deliverer Ehud the son of Gera

Judges 3:16
HEB: וַיַּעַשׂ֩ ל֨וֹ אֵה֜וּד חֶ֗רֶב וְלָ֛הּ
NAS: Ehud made himself a sword
KJV: But Ehud made him a dagger
INT: made Ehud A sword had two

Judges 3:20
HEB: וְאֵה֣וּד ׀ בָּ֣א אֵלָ֗יו
NAS: Ehud came to him while he was sitting
KJV: And Ehud came
INT: Ehud came about

Judges 3:20
HEB: לְבַדּ֔וֹ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵה֔וּד דְּבַר־ אֱלֹהִ֥ים
NAS: roof chamber. And Ehud said,
KJV: parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said,
INT: alone said and Ehud message God

Judges 3:21
HEB: וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח אֵהוּד֙ אֶת־ יַ֣ד
NAS: Ehud stretched out his left hand,
KJV: And Ehud put forth his left
INT: stretched Ehud hand his left

Judges 3:23
HEB: וַיֵּצֵ֥א אֵה֖וּד הַֽמִּסְדְּר֑וֹנָה וַיִּסְגֹּ֞ר
NAS: Then Ehud went out into the vestibule
KJV: Then Ehud went forth
INT: went Ehud the vestibule and shut

Judges 3:26
HEB: וְאֵה֥וּד נִמְלַ֖ט עַ֣ד
NAS: Now Ehud escaped while
KJV: And Ehud escaped while they tarried,
INT: now Ehud escaped while

Judges 4:1
HEB: בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְאֵה֖וּד מֵֽת׃
NAS: of the LORD, after Ehud died.
KJV: of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
INT: the sight of the LORD Ehud died

1 Chronicles 7:10
HEB: ק) וּ֠בִנְיָמִן וְאֵה֤וּד וּֽכְנַעֲנָה֙ וְזֵיתָ֔ן
NAS: Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah,
KJV: and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah,
INT: Jehush Benjamin Ehud Chenaanah Zethan

9 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 164
9 Occurrences


’ê·hūḏ — 5 Occ.
wə·’ê·hūḏ — 4 Occ.















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