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H457 · אֱלִיל

ʼĕlîyl · el-eel' · idol, image

H457 (ʼĕlîyl, pronounced el-eel') is the Hebrew word אֱלִיל in Strong’s dictionary: good for nothing, by anal. It appears 19 times in 17 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).

Strong’s entry

Original word
אֱלִיל (Hebrew)
Transliteration
ʼĕlîyl
Pronunciation
el-eel'
Derivation
apparently from H408 (אַל);
Definition
good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol
Rendered in the KJV
idol, no value, thing of nought.

In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)

19 occurrences in 17 verses (17 with English words of their own, 2 in the original with no English word of their own).

How the BSB renders it

By book

Leviticus 2 · 1 Chronicles 1 · Job 1 · Psalms 2 · Isaiah 8 · Ezekiel 1 · Habakkuk 1 · Zechariah 1

Verses

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