Hebrew word study

אֱלִילʼĕlîyl good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity

Pronounced “el-eel'

good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol

Translated in the King James as: idol, no value, thing of nought.

Appears 19 times in Scripture

Origin: apparently from H408 (אַל);

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Where it appears

Leviticus 2×
Leviticus 19:4Leviticus 26:1
1 Chronicles 1×
1 Chr 16:26
Job 1×
Job 13:4
Psalms 2×
Psalms 96:5Psalms 97:7
Isaiah 10×
Isaiah 2:8Isaiah 2:18Isaiah 2:20Isaiah 10:10Isaiah 10:11Isaiah 19:1Isaiah 19:3Isaiah 31:7+ 2 more in Isaiah
Ezekiel 1×
Ezekiel 30:13
Habakkuk 1×
Habakkuk 2:18
Zechariah 1×
Zech 11:17

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