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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #441 - אַלֻּף

Transliteration

ʼallûwph

Phonetics

al-loof', al-loof'

Origin

from (H502)

Parts of Speech

adjective, masculine noun

TWOT

109b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

tame, docile
friend, intimate
chief

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 172 ‑ ἄκακος (ak'‑ak‑os); 747 ‑ ἀρχηγός (ar‑khay‑gos'); 1016 ‑ βοῦς (booce); 1319 ‑ διδασκαλία (did‑as‑kal‑ee'‑ah); 2231 ‑ ἡγεμονία (hayg‑em‑on‑ee'‑ah); 2232 ‑ ἡγεμών (hayg‑em‑ohn'); 2233 ‑ ἡγέομαι (hayg‑eh'‑om‑ahee); 3609 ‑ οἰκεῖος (oy‑ki'‑os); 5384 ‑ φίλος (fee'‑los); 5506 ‑ χιλίαρχος (khil‑ee'‑ar‑khos);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (68)

Genesis 43

Exodus 1

1 Chronicles 13

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Jeremiah 3

Micah 1

Zechariah 3

BSB (31)

Genesis 43

Exodus 1

1 Chronicles 13

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Jeremiah 3

Micah 1

Zechariah 3

CSB (27)

Genesis 16

Exodus 1

1 Chronicles 2

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Jeremiah 3

Micah 1

Zechariah 3

ESV (32)

Genesis 43

Exodus 1

1 Chronicles 14

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Jeremiah 3

Micah 1

Zechariah 3

KJV (69)

Genesis 43

Exodus 1

1 Chronicles 13

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Jeremiah 3

Micah 1

Zechariah 3

LEB (31)

Genesis 16

Exodus 1

1 Chronicles 3

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Jeremiah 2

Micah 1

Zechariah 3

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (68)

Genesis 43

Exodus 1

1 Chronicles 13

Psalms 2

Proverbs 3

Jeremiah 3

Zechariah 3

ASV (68)

according to their chiefs 1

and he shall be as a chieftain 1

and the chiefs 1

and the chieftains 1

and these are their chiefs 1

but i was like a gentle 1

chief 42

chief friends 2

in a friend 1

my companion 1

of the chiefs 1

the chieftains 1

the friend 1

these are the chiefs 9

thou art the guide 1

to be friends 1

were the chiefs 1

were: chief 1

BSB (31)

according to their divisions 1

are the chiefs 7

chiefs 6

close 1

close friends 1

friends 1

in a companion 1

like a clan 1

my companion 1

my friend 1

now the chiefs 1

our oxen 1

the chiefs 1

the clans 1

the partner 1

then the leaders 1

was like a gentle 1

were the chiefs 2

were their chiefs 1

CSB (27)

a close companion 1

cattle 1

chiefs 7

close friends 1

companion 1

divisions 1

friend 1

friends 1

like a clan 1

the chiefs 8

the companion 1

the leaders 2

their chiefs 1

ESV (32)

cattle 1

chief 1

chiefs 19

clans 2

close friends 2

companion 2

friend 1

friends 1

gentle 1

guide 1

like a clan 1

KJV (69)

captains 1

duke 43

dukes 14

friends 2

governor 1

governors 2

guide 4

ox 1

oxen 1

LEB (31)

a close friend 1

a friend 1

according to their chiefs 1

allies 1

and the chiefs of 1

and the clans of 1

are the chiefs 3

are the chiefs born of 1

are the chiefs of 5

are the close friend of 1

are their chiefs 1

chiefs 1

in a close friend 1

like a tribal chief 1

my friend 1

that our cattle 1

the chiefs 4

the chiefs of 3

the clans of 1

the partner of 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (68)

according to their chiefs 1

and chief 2

and he will be as a chieftain 1

and these are their chiefs 1

best friends 1

but i was like a gentle 1

chief 40

close friends 1

of the chiefs 1

our oxen 1

the chiefs 2

the chieftains 2

the friend 1

these are the chiefs 9

to be friends 1

you are the guide 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2001) p l a (אלפ ALP) AC: Guide CO: Yoke AB: Learn: The yoke of the oxen, the yoke of learning. An older experienced ox is yoked to a younger inexperienced one in order to teach it how to pull a load. A thousand, as a large number of oxen. [from: la- an ox as wearing a yoke for work] (eng: elephant)

V) p l a (אלפ ALP) - I. Learn:To learn by example in the sense of being yoked to another. II. Thousand:To make or bring forth a thousand, a thousand-fold. KJV (5): (vf: Hiphil, Paal, Piel) teach, learn, utter, bring forth thousands - Strongs: H502 (אָלַף), H503 (אָלַף)

N^m) p l a (אלפ ALP) - I. Ox: II. Thousand:[Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (517): kine, oxen, family - Strongs: H504 (אֶלֶף), H505 (אֶלֶף), H506 (אֶלֶף)

d^m) p f l a (אלופ ALWP) - Guide: One who is yoked to another to lead and teach. KJV (69): duke, guide, friend, governor, captain, ox - Strongs: H441 (אַלֻּף)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. אַלּוּף adjective tame — ׳א absolute Micah 7:5 +; construct Proverbs 2:17 +; suffix אַלּוּפֵי Psalm 55:14; plural אַלֻּפִים Jeremiah 13:21; suffix אַלֻּפֵינוּ Psalm 144:14, etc.; —

1 tame, docile, כֶּבֶשׂ אַלּוּף a docile (gentle) lamb Jeremiah 11:19.

2. noun masculine friend, intimate Psalm 55:14 ("" מְיֻדָּע) Micah 7:5 ("" רֵעַ) Proverbs 16:28; Proverbs 17:9; Jeremiah 13:21; of a woman's husband נְעוּרֶיהָ׳א Proverbs 2:17; figurative of ׳י as husband of Judah, id., Jeremiah 3:4.

3 i. q. I. אֶלֶף; אַלּוּפֵינוּ מְסֻבָּלִים Psalm 144:14 (i.e. cows).

II. אַלּוּף noun masculine^{1 Chronicles 1:51} chief, chiliarch (denominative from II. אֶלֶף see Di Genesis 36:15) — ׳א absolute Genesis 36:15 +; plural construct אַלּוּפֵי (אַלֻּפֵי) Exodus 15:15 +; suffix אַלּוּפֵיהֶם Genesis 36:19,30 — chief (tribal) of Edom Genesis 36:15 (5t.) + 38t. Genesis 36 (P); Exodus 15:15 (E) 1 Chronicles 1:51 (4t.) + 9t.; of Judah Zechariah 12:5,6; so אַלֻּף Zechariah 9:7 (in simile)

List of Word Forms

אַ֝לּוּפִ֗י אַלֻּפִ֖ים אַלֻּפֵ֥י אַלֻּפֵ֨י אַלּ֖וּף אַלּ֣וּף אַלּ֤וּף אַלּ֥וּף אַלּ֧וּף אַלּֽוּף־ אַלּֽוּף׃ אַלּוּפֵ֗ינוּ אַלּוּפֵ֞י אַלּוּפֵ֣י אַלּוּפֵ֤י אַלּוּפֵ֥י אַלּוּפֵ֧י אַלּוּפֵיהֶ֖ם אלוף אלוף־ אלוף׃ אלופי אלופיהם אלופינו אלפי אלפים בְּאַלּ֑וּף באלוף כְּאַלֻּ֣ף כאלף לְאַלֻּפֵיהֶ֖ם לאלפיהם ’al·lu·p̄ê ’al·lū·p̄ê ’al·lū·p̄ê·hem ’al·lū·p̄ê·nū ’al·lū·p̄î ’al·lu·p̄îm ’al·lūp̄ ’al·lūp̄- ’allūp̄ ’allūp̄- ’allup̄ê ’allūp̄ê ’allūp̄êhem ’allūp̄ênū ’allūp̄î ’allup̄îm alLuf alluFei allufeiHem alluFeinu alluFi alluFim bə’allūp̄ bə·’al·lūp̄ bealLuf kə’allup̄ kə·’al·lup̄ kealLuf lə’allup̄êhem lə·’al·lu·p̄ê·hem leallufeiHem