419. Eldad
Berean Strong's Lexicon
Eldad: Eldad

Original Word: אֵלְדָּד
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Eldad
Pronunciation: el-dahd'
Phonetic Spelling: (el-dad')
Definition: Eldad
Meaning: Eldad

Word Origin: Derived from two Hebrew words: אֵל (El, meaning "God") and דּוֹד (dod, meaning "beloved" or "love").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: Eldad

Usage: The name Eldad means "God has loved" or "beloved of God." In the biblical context, Eldad is recognized as one of the seventy elders chosen to assist Moses in leading the Israelites. He is noted for prophesying within the camp, even though he did not go to the Tent of Meeting with the other elders.

Cultural and Historical Background: Eldad appears during the Israelites' wilderness journey after the Exodus from Egypt.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from el and dod
Definition
"God has loved," an Isr. name
NASB Translation
Eldad (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
אֶלְדָּד proper name, masculine (God has loved, compare Sabean ורראל DHMZMG 1883. 15; see also יְדִידְיָה) one of the elders Numbers 11:26,27; probably = אֱלִידָד Numbers 34:21 where called a prince of Benjamin. — On proper names with אֵל compare those with אָב & אָח, & especially Nöl.c.,, & (Sabean) DHMEpigr. Denkm. 88.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Eldad

From 'el and dowd; God has loved; Eldad, an Israelite -- Eldad.

see HEBREW 'el

see HEBREW dowd

Forms and Transliterations
אֶלְדָּ֡ד אֶלְדָּ֣ד אלדד ’el·dāḏ ’eldāḏ elDad
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Englishman's Concordance
Numbers 11:26
HEB: שֵׁ֣ם הָאֶחָ֣ד ׀ אֶלְדָּ֡ד וְשֵׁם֩ הַשֵּׁנִ֨י
NAS: of one was Eldad and the name
KJV: of the one [was] Eldad, and the name
INT: the name of one was Eldad and the name of the other

Numbers 11:27
HEB: לְמֹשֶׁ֖ה וַיֹּאמַ֑ר אֶלְדָּ֣ד וּמֵידָ֔ד מִֽתְנַבְּאִ֖ים
NAS: and said, Eldad and Medad
KJV: and said, Eldad and Medad
INT: Moses and said Eldad and Medad are prophesying

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 419
2 Occurrences


’el·dāḏ — 2 Occ.
















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