אַיִל ayil

Hebrew word for “ram” · Strong’s H352 · used 187 times in 173 verses

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Meaning

1) ram; 1a) ram (as food); 1b) ram (as sacrifice); 1c) ram (skin dyed red, for tabernacle)

Senses in the lexicon

• ram (156)
• pillar (22)
• leader (5)
• terebinth (4)

How it is translated

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

• ram 90
• rams 63
• pillars 16
• pillar 5
• leaders 5
• like rams 3
• oaks 2
• belonged to the pillars 1
• leader 1
• among the oaks 1

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 7 (26), Numbers 29 (20), Ezekiel 40 (16), Exodus 29 (13), Numbers 28 (7), Leviticus 8 (6), Numbers 23 (6), Ezekiel 46 (5), Daniel 8 (5), Leviticus 9 (4)

Forms

• איל 32
• האיל 26
• אילם 25
• אילים 17
• ואיל 16
• לאיל 15
• לאילם 7
• אילי 5
• ואילים 4
• ואיליו 4

Words used with it

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

• פַּר par “bullock” 67
• כֶּבֶשׂ keves “lamb” 61
• בָּקָר baqar “cattle” 45
• עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 41
• שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 43
• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 40
• עַתּוּד attud “goat” 21
• תָּמִים tamim “unblemished” 24
• אֶחָד echad “one” 34
• מִנְחָה minchah “offering” 23
• שֶׁלֶם shelem “peace offering” 17
• זֶבַח zevach “sacrifice” 19

Key verses

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

• Exodus 15:15 — Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
• Exodus 29:1 — And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest’s office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without…
• Leviticus 5:15 — If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without…
• Numbers 28:11 — And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;
• Deuteronomy 32:14 — Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the…
• 1 Samuel 15:22 — And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than…
• Job 42:8 — Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall…
• Isaiah 1:11 — To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight…
• Isaiah 57:5 — Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
• Isaiah 61:3 — To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;…
• Daniel 8:3 — Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than…
• Micah 6:7 — Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body…

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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.