יֶלֶד yeled

Hebrew word for “youth” · Strong’s H3206 · used 89 times in 76 verses

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Meaning

1) child, son, boy, offspring, youth; 1a) child, son, boy; 1b) child, children; 1c) descendants; 1d) youth; 1e) apostate Israelites (fig.)

How it is translated

Glosses given for yeled in context, with how often each is used:

• child 30
• children 25
• youths 7
• boy 5
• young men 4
• lad 4
• male children 2
• boys 2
• young 2
• youth 2
• young man 1
• sons 1

Where it is used

Also in 7 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 33 (7), Exodus 2 (6), 2 Samuel 12 (5), Daniel 1 (5), Genesis 21 (4), 2 Kings 4 (4), 1 Kings 12 (3), 1 Kings 17 (3), 2 Chronicles 10 (3), Exodus 1 (2)

Forms

• הילד 35
• הילדים 17
• ילדים 5
• ילדיהן 4
• ילד 4
• ילדי 3
• ילדיו 3
• וילדיה 3
• והילדים 3
• וילד 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with yeled more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 16
• גָּדַל gadal “to magnify” 7
• רָאָה raah “to see” 12
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 10
• מוּת mut “to die” 8
• הָ ha “her” 7
• בָּכָה bakhah “to weep” 5
• בַּת bat “daughter” 7
• עֹל ol “yoke” 4
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 8
• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 7
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 8

Key verses

The verses using yeled that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 21:14 — And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent…
• 2 Kings 2:24 — And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two…
• 2 Kings 4:1 — Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant…
• Ezra 10:1 — Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very…
• Nehemiah 12:43 — Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the…
• Isaiah 8:18 — Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
• Isaiah 9:6 — For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The…
• Isaiah 57:4 — Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
• Isaiah 57:5 — Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
• Jeremiah 31:20 — Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I…
• Daniel 1:17 — As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
• Hosea 1:2 — The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.