אֵל

ʼêl · Hebrew · Strong's H410 · 245 occurrences

The KJV renders 18 different Hebrew and Greek words as “power”

What it means

strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)

shortened from H352 (אַיִל);

How the KJV renders it

god, idol, might, power, strong compare names in '-el '

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“power”

also renders krátos (G2904), archḗ (G746), dynatós (G1415), ischýs (G2479), exousía (G1849), dýnamis (G1411), chayil (H2428), chayil (H2429), chêçen (H2632), yad (H3028), kôach (H3581), memshâlâh (H4475), ʻaz (H5794), ʻôz (H5797), ʻizzûwz (H5808), shilṭôwn (H7983), tôqeph (H8633)

“idol”

also renders eídōlon (G1497), ʼâven (H205), ʼêymâh (H367), ʼĕlîyl (H457), gillûwl (H1544), chammân (H2553), miphletseth (H4656), çemel (H5566), ʻetseb (H6089), ʻôtseb (H6090), ʻâtsâb (H6091)

“might”

also renders krátos (G2904), dýnamai (G1410), ischýō (G2480), ischýs (G2479), ʼôwn (H202), gᵉbûwrâh (H1370), chayil (H2428), yâkôl (H3201), kôach (H3581), ʻôz (H5797), tᵉqôph (H8632)

“god”

also renders theós (G2316), daimónion (G1140), kýrios (G2962), ʼĕlâhh (H426), ʼĕlôwahh (H433), Yᵉhôvih (H3069)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

245 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Samuel 2:3 HNcmsc2 Samuel 2:30 HNp2 Samuel 22:31 HTd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 22:32 HNcmsa2 Samuel 22:33 HTd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 22:48 HTd/Ncmsa2 Samuel 23:5 HNcmsaDaniel 9:4 HTd/NcmsaDaniel 11:36 HNcmpaDeuteronomy 3:24 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 4:24 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 4:31 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 5:9 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 6:15 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 7:9 HTd/NcmsaDeuteronomy 7:21 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 10:17 HTd/NcmsaDeuteronomy 28:32 HR/NcmscDeuteronomy 32:4 HNcmscDeuteronomy 32:12 HNcmscDeuteronomy 32:18 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 32:21 HNcmsaDeuteronomy 33:26 HRd/NcmsaExodus 6:3 HR/NcmsaExodus 15:2 HNcmsc/Sp1csExodus 15:11 HRd/NcmpaExodus 20:5 HNcmsaExodus 34:6 HNcmsaExodus 34:14 HNcmsaEzekiel 10:5 HNcmscEzekiel 28:2 HNcmsaEzekiel 28:9 HNcmsaEzekiel 32:21 HNcmpcGenesis 14:18 HR/NcmsaGenesis 14:19 HR/NcmsaGenesis 14:20 HNcmsaGenesis 14:22 HNcmsaGenesis 16:13 HNcmscGenesis 17:1 HNpGenesis 21:33 HNcmscGenesis 28:3 HC/NpGenesis 31:13 HTd/NcmsaGenesis 31:29 HR/NcmscGenesis 33:20 HNcmsaGenesis 35:1 HRd/NcmsaGenesis 35:3 HRd/NcmsaGenesis 35:7 HNcmscGenesis 35:11 HNcmscGenesis 43:14 HC/NpGenesis 46:3 HTd/NcmsaGenesis 48:3 HNcmscGenesis 49:25 HR/NcmscHosea 1:10 HNcmsaHosea 11:9 HNcmsaHosea 11:12 HNcmsaIsaiah 5:16 HC/Td/NcmsaIsaiah 8:10 HNcmsaIsaiah 9:6 HNcmsaIsaiah 10:21 HNcmscIsaiah 12:2 HNcmsa

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.