אֵצֶל etsel

Hebrew word for “beside” · Strong’s H681 · used 61 times in 57 verses

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Meaning

1) beside, by, near, nearness, joining, proximity;

How it is translated

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

• beside 60
• will be beside 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 39 (4), 1 Kings 13 (4), Nehemiah 4 (3), Ezekiel 10 (3), 1 Samuel 20 (2), 1 Kings 21 (2), Proverbs 7 (2), Ezekiel 1 (2), Ezekiel 43 (2), Daniel 8 (2)

Forms

• אצל 39
• אצלו 5
• אצלי 4
• אצלה 3
• אצלם 3
• מאצלו 2
• מאצל 2
• מאצלי 1
• ואצל 1
• מאצלם 1

Words used with it

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

• עָמַד amad “to stand” 12
• מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 9
• אוֹפָן ophan “wheel” 5
• אַרְיֵה aryeh “lion” 6
• סַף saph “threshold” 4
• שָׁלַךְ shalakh “to throw” 5
• אֶחָד echad “one” 7
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 7
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 8
• לָבֵשׁ lavash “to clothe” 4
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 6
• בַּד bad “linen” 3

Key verses

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

• Genesis 39:10 — And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
• Leviticus 6:10 — And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the…
• 1 Samuel 5:2 — When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
• 1 Samuel 20:41 — And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they…
• 1 Kings 4:12 — Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even…
• 1 Kings 21:1 — And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
• 1 Kings 21:2 — And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for…
• 2 Chronicles 28:15 — And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod…
• Nehemiah 8:4 — And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and…
• Jeremiah 35:4 — And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the…
• Daniel 8:17 — So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end…
• Amos 2:8 — And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

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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.