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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Judges 3:23 אֵה֖וּד Ehud
Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.
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Judges 3:26 וְאֵה֥וּד and Ehud
Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.
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Judges 4:1 וְאֵה֖וּד and Ehud
After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
1 Chronicles · 1
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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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