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H681

H681 — אֵצֶל

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

Hebrewetselnoun mascOccurrences: 61TWOT: 153a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H681
Word:אֵצֶל
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H680 (in the sense of joining)
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:61
Transliteration:etsel
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ay'-tsel
Meaning:1. a side 2. (as a preposition) near
KJV Renderings:at, (hard) by, (from) (beside), near (unto), toward, with. See also H1018.

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I. אֵ֫צֶל61 substantive conjunction, proximity; with suffix אֶצְלִי, אֶצְלוֺ etc.; only used as a preposition

a. (as an implicit accusative) in proximity to (as though [untranscribed source text 383] LagBN 68), beside: Gen 39:10; Gen 39:15; Gen 41:3 and stood אֵצֶל הַפַּרוֺת beside the kine, 1Sam 5:2 אֵצֶל דָּגוֺן beside Dagon, 1Kgs 13:24; 1Kgs 13:25; 1Kgs 21:1; Prov 8:30; Ezek 1:15; Ezek 1:19; Ezek 33:30; Ezek 39:15 often in phrase (׳ י ׳ מ) אֵצֶל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ Lev 1:16; Lev 6:3; Deut 16:21; 1Kgs 2:29; Amos 2:8 +; of a locality (compare II. אֵת 2) Deut 11:30 beside the terebinths of Moreh, 1Kgs 1:9; 1Kgs 4:12; Jer 41:17. After a verb of motion (late) Dan 8:7; Dan 8:17 compare 2Chr 28:15 b.
b. with מִן, מֵאֵצֶל from proximity to, from beside (compare מֵאֵת, מֵעִם): 1Sam 20:41 (read with ᵐ5 מֵאֵצֶל הָאַרְגָּב from beside the mound); Ezek 40:7 contiguous to, beside (מִן 3 c); with suffix 1Sam 17:30 וַיָּסָב מֵאֶצְלוֺ and he turned about from beside him, 1Kgs 3:20; 1Kgs 20:36; Ezek 10:16.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אצל (eh’-tzel)

Genesis 39:10

KJV: And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
EHCC: to lie by her, (or) to be with her.

Leviticus 1:16

KJV: And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:his feathers: or, the filth thereof
EHCC: cast it beside the altar

Leviticus 6:10

KJV: And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
EHCC: (3). he shall put them beside the altar.

Leviticus 10:12

KJV: And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy:
EHCC: eat'it without leaven beside the altar:

Judges 19:14

KJV: And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.
EHCC: (when they were) by Gibeab,

Judges 17:30

EHCC: he turned from him toward

Judges 20:19

KJV: And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
EHCC: shalt remain by the stone Ezel.

1 Kings 1:9

KJV: And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En–rogel, and called all his brethren the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah the king’s servants:En–rogel: or, the well Rogel
EHCC: which (is) by En-rogel,

1 Kings 2:29

KJV: And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
EHCC: behold, (he is) by the altar.

1 Kings 3:20

KJV: And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
EHCC: took my son from beside me,

1 Kings 4:12

KJV: Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth–shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth–shean to Abel–meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
EHCC: which tis) by Zartanah

1 Kings 10:19

KJV: The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.behind: Heb. on the hinder part thereofstays: Heb. hands
EHCC: two lions stood beside the sta’

1 Kings 13:24

KJV: And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.
EHCC: the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by

1 Kings 20:36

KJV: Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
EHCC: as he was departed from Aim,

1 Kings 21:1

KJV: And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
EHCC: Aard by the palace of Ahab

2 Kings 12:910

EHCC: set it beside the altar,

2 Chronicles 9:18

KJV: And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:stays: Heb. hands
EHCC: two lions standing by the stays:

2 Chronicles 28:15

KJV: And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.
EHCC: to their brethren: then they returned

2 Chronicles 3:23

EHCC: the son of Ananiah dy his house.

2 Chronicles 4:8

KJV: He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.basons: or, bowls
EHCC: 3:35 (. Tobiah the Ammonite( was) by Aim,

Proverbs 7:8

KJV: Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
EHCC: through the street near her corner;

Proverbs 8:30

KJV: Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
EHCC: Then I was by Aim,

Jeremiah 35:4

KJV: And I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:door: Heb. threshold, or, vessel
EHCC: which (was) by the chamber

Jeremiah 41:17

KJV: And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Beth–lehem, to go to enter into Egypt,
EHCC: which is by Beth-lehem,

Jeremiah 9:2

KJV: Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
EHCC: stood beside the brazen altar.

Jeremiah 10:6

KJV: Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
EHCC: stood beside the wheels.

Jeremiah 33:30

EHCC: againat thee by the walls

Jeremiah 39:15

KJV: Now the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
EHCC: he set up a sign by it,

Jeremiah 40:7

KJV: Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
EHCC: by the porch of the gate

Daniel 4:1

KJV: Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
EHCC: saw ‘him ome dlose unto the ram,

Daniel 10:18

KJV: Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
EHCC: 1 remained there with the king’s

Amos 2:8

KJV: And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.the condemned: or, such as have fined, or, mulcted
EHCC: laid to pledge by every altar,
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