Strong's Lexicon

H678

H678 — אָצִיל

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

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Hebrewatsiylnoun mascOccurrences: 2TWOT: 153b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H678
Word:אָצִיל
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H680 (in its secondary sense of separation)
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:atsiyl
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:aw-tseel'
Meaning:1. an extremity (Isa. 41
KJV Renderings:chief man, noble.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB699

אָצִיל noun [masculine] side, corner, chief — plural construct אֲצִילֵי Exod 24:11 suffix אֲצִילֶיהָ Isa 41:9 —

1. sides (borders) of earth Isa 41:9 (|| קצות); compare ׳ ירכתי א Jer 6:22 etc.
2. figurative nobles (perhaps as sides, supports, compare below פִּנּוֺת ; so Ew Di but perhaps = [untranscribed source text 384] noble — from [untranscribed source text 385] be rooted, [untranscribed source text 386] root, metaphor origin, stock — properly a man having a (known) origin, sprung from an ancient and famous stock; so Ges, compare LagBN 68) Exod 24:11.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אַצ (atzee-leem’)

Exodus 24:11

KJV: And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
EHCC: upon the nobles of the children

Isaiah 41:9

KJV: Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
EHCC: and culled thee from the chief men thereof,

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