Tame
אַלּוּףStrong’s H0441alluph (al-luph)
Appears in 29 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Alluph is the Hebrew word usually translated “chief”, “chiefs of” and “close friend of”. It appears in 29 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.”
Meaning
- Tame, docile
- Friend, intimate
- Chief
How it's translated
- chief 43
- chiefs of 14
- close friend of 2
- a close friend 2
- chiefs their 1
- to chiefs their 1
- close friend my 1
- cattle our 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 12
- 1 Chronicles 4
- Proverbs 3
- Jeremiah 3
- Zechariah 3
- Psalms 2
8 books in all.
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Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 12:5In contextAnd the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.
- Zechariah 12:6In contextIn that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
- Genesis 36:15These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
- Genesis 36:16Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
- Genesis 36:17And these are the sons of Reuel Esau’s son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
- Genesis 36:18And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau’s wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.
Hebrew dictionary
אַלּוּף alluph · tame
1) tame, docile 2) friend, intimate
אַלּוּף alluph · chief
chief
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tame” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TAME, adjective
- That has lost its native wildness and shyness; mild; accustomed to man; domestic; as a tame deer; a tame bird.
- Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
- Spiritless; unanimated; as a tame poem. [Not elegant nor in use.
All definitions and other forms of “tame”
TAME, verb transitive
[Latin domo; Heb. to be silent, dumb.]
- To reclaim; to reduce from a wild to a domestic state; to make gentle and familiar; as, to tame a wild beast.
- To civilize; as, to tame the ferocious inhabitants of the forest.
- To subdue; to conquer; to depress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth.
- To subdue; to repress; as wildness or licentiousness.“The tongue can no man tame” James 3:8
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.