Hebrew word · H164

אֵהוּד

'ehud

Ehud

Appears 9 times in 8 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A Judge of the tribe of Benjamin living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.3.15;

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 (1Ch. 8:6) only

1) Benjamite judge of Israel, deliverer of Israel from Moab

2) another Benjamite, son of Bilhan (1Ch 8:6)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Judges · 8
  1. Judges 3:15 אֵה֤וּד Ehud

    And again they cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed Benjamite, as their deliverer. So they sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.

    Here: The deliverer's personal name. Its meaning is uncertain. Some connect it with "Where is majesty?" or "united", but none of these explanations is secure.

  2. Judges 3:16 אֵה֜וּד Ehud

    Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak

  3. Judges 3:20 וְאֵה֣וּד׀ אֵה֔וּד and Ehud, Ehud

    Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.

  4. Judges 3:21 אֵהוּד֙ Ehud

    And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.

  5. Judges 3:23 אֵה֖וּד Ehud

    Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.

  6. Judges 3:26 וְאֵה֥וּד and Ehud

    Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.

  7. Judges 4:1 וְאֵה֖וּד and Ehud

    After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.

1 Chronicles · 1
  1. 1 Chronicles 7:10 וְאֵה֤וּד and Ehud

    The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

    Here: This is the same name as the left-handed Benjaminite judge Ehud son of Gera (Judg 3:15). That Ehud is placed under a different clan, so this Ehud is not clearly the same man. The meaning of the name is uncertain.

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