Lexical Definition

‎אַלּוּף‎ ʼallûwph (al-loof') tame ^H:A-M
or (shortened) אַלֻּף ʼalluph (al-loof'); from ‎אָלַף‎

captain, duke, (chief) friend, governor, guide, ox.

• familiar
• a friend, also gentle
• hence, a bullock (as being tame
• applied, although masculine, to a cow)
• and so, a chieftain (as notable, like neat cattle)

1) tame, docile
2) friend, intimate
3) chief

See Greek: ἄκακος · ἀρχηγός · βοῦς · διδασκαλία · ἡγεμονία · ἡγεμών · ἡγέομαι · οἰκεῖος · φίλος · χιλίαρχος

Extended Information

• chief

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎אַלּוּף‎ adjective tame — ‎׳‎‎א‎ absolute Mic 7:5 +; construct Prov 2:17 +; suffix ‎אַלּוּפֵי‎ Ps 55:14* plural ‎אַלֻּפִים‎ Jer 13:21 suffix ‎אַלֻּפֵינוּ‎ Ps 144:14, etc.; —

1. tame, docile, ‎כֶּבֶשׂ אַלּוּף‎ a docile (gentle) lamb Jer 11:19.

2. noun masculine friend, intimate Ps 55:14* (|| ‎מְיֻדָּע‎) Mic 7:5 (|| ‎רֵעַ‎) Prov 16:28; Prov 17:9; Jer 13:21 of a woman's husband ‎נְעוּרֶיהָ‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Prov 2:17 figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎ as husband of Judah, id., Jer 3:4.

3. i. q. I. ‎אֶלֶף‎; ‎אַלּוּפֵינוּ מְסֻבָּלִים‎ Ps 144:14 (i.e. cows).

II. ‎אַלּוּף‎ noun masculine^{1Chr 1:51} chief, chiliarch (denominative from II. ‎אֶלֶף‎ see Di Gen 36:15) — ‎׳‎‎א‎ absolute Gen 36:15 +; plural construct ‎אַלּוּפֵי‎ (‎אַלֻּפֵי‎) Exod 15:15 +; suffix ‎אַלּוּפֵיהֶם‎ Gen 36:19; Gen 36:30 — chief (tribal) of Edom Gen 36:15 (5 t.) + 38 t. Gen 36 (P); Exod 15:15 (E) 1Chr 1:51 (4 t.) + 9 t.; of Judah Zech 12:5; Zech 12:6 so ‎אַלֻּף‎ Zech 9:7 (in simile)

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