Elath
אֵילַתStrong’s H0359elat (e-lat)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Elat is the Hebrew word usually translated “elath” and “from elath”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.”
Meaning
- § Elath or Eloth = "grove of lofty trees"
- § Elath or Eloth = "grove of lofty trees"
How it's translated
- elath 6
- from elath 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 2
- 2 Chronicles 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- 1 Kings 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 9:26And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
- 2 Kings 14:22He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
- 2 Kings 16:6At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
- 2 Chronicles 8:17Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
- 2 Chronicles 26:2He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Hebrew dictionary
אֵילַת elat · Elath
§ Elath or Eloth = "grove of lofty trees" a port on the north-east arm of the Red Sea
אֵילוֹת elot · Eloth
§ Elath or Eloth = "grove of lofty trees" grove of lofty trees a port on the north-east arm of the Red Sea
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.