אַלּוּף ʼallûwph

Meaning

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)

In the King James Version: captain, duke, (chief) friend, governor, guide, ox.

Derivation: or (shortened) אַלֻּף; from H502 (אָלַף);

Where it is used

• Genesis 36:15 These are the chiefs among the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,
• Genesis 36:16 Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. They are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Adah.
• Genesis 36:17 These are the sons of Esau’s son Reuel: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.
• Genesis 36:18 These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah: Chiefs Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. They are the chiefs descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
• Genesis 36:19 All these are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and they were their chiefs.
• Genesis 36:21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom.
• Genesis 36:29 These are the chiefs of the Horites: Chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
• Genesis 36:30 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. They are the chiefs of the Horites, according to their divisions in the land of Seir.
• Genesis 36:40 These are the names of Esau’s chiefs, according to their families and regions, by their names: Chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
• Genesis 36:41 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,
• Genesis 36:42 Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,
• Genesis 36:43 Magdiel, and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they possessed. Esau was the father of the Edomites.
• Exodus 15:15 Then the chiefs of Edom will be dismayed; trembling will seize the leaders of Moab; those who dwell in Canaan will melt away,
• 1 Chronicles 1:51 Then Hadad died. Now the chiefs of Edom were Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
• 1 Chronicles 1:52 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,
• 1 Chronicles 1:53 Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,
• 1 Chronicles 1:54 Magdiel, and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom.
• Psalms 55:13 But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.
• Psalms 144:14 Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets.
• Proverbs 2:17 who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
• Proverbs 16:28 A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
• Proverbs 17:9 Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.
• Jeremiah 3:4 Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth.
• Jeremiah 11:19 For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
• Jeremiah 13:21 What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?
• Micah 7:5 Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
• Zechariah 9:7 I will remove the blood from their mouths and the abominations from between their teeth. Then they too will become a remnant for our God; they will become like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.
• Zechariah 12:5 Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts: ‘The people of Jerusalem are my strength, for the LORD of Hosts is their God.’
• Zechariah 12:6 On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure there.