Lectionary Calendar
Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #512 - אֶלְקשִׁי
Transliteration
ʼElqôshîy
Phonetics
el-ko-shee'
Origin
patrial from a name of uncertain derivation
Parts of Speech
adjective
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Elkoshite = "God the ensnarer"
- a native and/or descendant of Elkosh (location unknown)
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
ASV (1)
Nahum
1
BSB (1)
Nahum
1
CSB (1)
Nahum
1
ESV (1)
Nahum
1
KJV (1)
Nahum
1
LEB (1)
Nahum
1
LSB (1)
Nahum
1
N95 (1)
Nahum
1
NAS (1)
Nahum
1
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (1)
Nahum
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
אֶלְקוֺשִׁי adjective, of a people with article Nahum the Elkoshite Nahum 1:1 (perhaps = from Elkosh, but locality unknown; identified by Jer Comm. with a village Elcesi in Galilee; compare also Capernaum (= כְּפַר נַחוּם ?); others (improbably) with an Elkosh on east bank of Tigris, near Mosul). ** On etymology, and site of place, see Da Nahum , etc., 9 ff. GASm Twelve Proph. ii. 79f.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
אֶלְקשִׁי gent. noun, Elkoshite, used of Nahum the prophet, Nahum 1:1. [“LXX. and Vulg. without o, Ἐλκεσαῖος, Elcesaius.”] Jerome (on the passage) mentions Elkosh as a village of Galilee, called Helkesei (or Elcesi), “sibique a circumducente monstratum.” Pseudepiphanius contends that Elcesi was a village of Judea, see Relandi Palæst. p. 627. However this may be, it would seem to have been a town of Palestine, not Assyria, although even now the Orientals make القوش [el-kûsh] near Mosul, the native place of the prophet. [“Both are very doubtful,” see Thes.]
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List of Word Forms
הָאֶלְקֹשִֽׁי׃ האלקשי׃ hā’elqōšî hā·’el·qō·šî haelkoShi
