Strong's Lexicon

H441

H441 — אַלוּף אַלּוּף

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewalluwphadjectiveOccurrences: 69TWOT: 109b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H441
Word:	אַלוּף אַלּוּף
Part of Speech:	adjective
Etymology:	from H502
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	69
Transliteration:	alluwph
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	al-loof' (or (shortened) talluph {al-loof'}) adj.
Meaning:	1. familiar 2. a friend, also gentle 3. (hence) a bullock (as being tame 4. applied, although masculine, to a cow) 5. and so, a chieftain (as notable, like neat cattle)
KJV Renderings:	captain, duke, (chief) friend, governor, guide, ox.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB503

I. אַלּוּף adjective tame — ׳ א absolute Mic 7:5 +; construct Prov 2:17 +; suffix אַלּוּפֵי Ps 55:14 plural אַלֻּפִים Jer 13:21 suffix אַלֻּפֵינוּ Ps 144:14, etc.; —

1. tame, docile, כֶּבֶשׂ אַלּוּף a docile (gentle) lamb Jer 11:19.

2. noun masculine friend, intimate Ps 55:14 (|| מְיֻדָּע) Mic 7:5 (|| רֵעַ) Prov 16:28; Prov 17:9; Jer 13:21 of a woman's husband נְעוּרֶיהָ ׳ א Prov 2:17 figurative of ׳ י as husband of Judah, id., Jer 3:4.

3. i. q. I. אֶלֶף; אַלּוּפֵינוּ מְסֻבָּלִים Ps 144:14 (i.e. cows).

BDB506

II. אַלּוּף noun masculine^{1Chr 1:51} chief, chiliarch (denominative from II. אֶלֶף see Di Gen 36:15) — ׳ א absolute Gen 36:15 +; plural construct אַלּוּפֵי (אַלֻּפֵי ) Exod 15:15 +; suffix אַלּוּפֵיהֶם Gen 36:19; Gen 36:30 — chief (tribal) of Edom Gen 36:15 (5 t.) + 38 t. Gen 36 ( P ); Exod 15:15 ( E ) 1Chr 1:51 (4 t.) + 9 t.; of Judah Zech 12:5; Zech 12:6 so אַלֻּף Zech 9:7 (in simile)

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אלוף (Boat al-looph’)

Exodus 15:15

KJV: Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.

EHCC: the dukes of Edum shall be amazed ;

1 Chronicles 1:51

KJV: Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,

EHCC: the dukes of Edom were ; duke Timnah,

Psalms 55:13

KJV: But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.mine equal: Heb. according to my rank

EHCC: (14).my guide, and mine acquaintance.

Psalms 144:14

KJV: That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.strong…: Heb. able to bear burdens, or, loaden with flesh

EHCC: our oxen (may be) strong to labour;

Proverbs 2:17

KJV: Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

EHCC: Which forsaketh the guide of her youth,

Proverbs 16:28

KJV: A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.soweth: Heb. sendeth forth

EHCC: a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Proverbs 17:9

KJV: He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.seeketh: or, procureth

EHCC: matter separateth (very) friends,

Jeremiah 3:4

KJV: Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?

EHCC: thou (art) the guide of my youth ?

Jeremiah 11:19

KJV: But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.the tree…: Heb. the stalk with his bread

EHCC: 1 (was) like a lamb (or) an or

Jeremiah 18:21

KJV: Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.pour…: Heb. pour them out

EHCC: hast taught them (to be) capéains,

Micah 7:5

KJV: Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

EHCC: put x not confidence in a guide :

Zechariah 9:7

KJV: 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.blood: Heb. bloods

EHCC: beas CF aoitegal