H164: אֵהוּד
ʼÊhûwd · pronounced ay-hood' · “Ehud”
Definition
Ehud, the name of two or three Israelites
KJV translates it as: Ehud.
Word origin: from the same as H161 (אֹהַד); united;
Extended definition
son of: Gera (H1617);
father of: Naaman (H5283J), Ahijah (H0281K), Gera (H1617J), Uzza (H5798H) and Ahihud (H0284)
Also named: e.chud (אֵחוּד "Ehud" H0261)
§ Ehud = "I will give thanks: I will be praised" or "undivided, union" in (<ref="1Ch.8.6">1Ch. 8:6) only
1) Benjamite judge of Israel, deliverer of Israel from Moab
2) another Benjamite, son of Bilhan (<ref="1Ch.8.6">1Ch 8:6)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H164 is translated
- ehud ×9
Bible verses with H164 (ʼÊhûwd)
ʼêhûwd appears in 8 verses.
- Judges 3:15
But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.
- Judges 3:16
But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
- Judges 3:20
And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
- Judges 3:21
And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
- Judges 3:23
Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.
- Judges 3:26
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
- Judges 4:1
And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead.
- 1 Chronicles 7:10
The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.