H0164 H0164
Ehud, a Benjamite judge who delivered Israel from Moabite oppression; also a descendant of Bilhan.
A proper name borne by two Benjamite figures in the Hebrew Bible. The most prominent Ehud is the left-handed judge of Judges 3:15-30 who assassinated the Moabite king Eglon with a concealed short sword, liberating Israel from eighteen years of subjugation. His story is one of the most vivid narrative episodes in Judges, rich in irony and physical detail. A second Ehud appears in 1 Chronicles 7:10 as a son of Bilhan, possibly a genealogical echo of the same tribal hero.
Senses
1. Ehud — The proper name Ehud (אֵהוּד), referring primarily to the Benjamite son of Gera who served as Israel's second major judge (Judg 3:15-26). His left-handedness—notable for a Benjamite ('son of the right hand')—enabled his covert weapon concealment. All translations preserve the name phonetically (spa: Ehud, fra: Éhud, deu: Ehud). The second bearer in 1 Chronicles 7:10 may represent the same ancestral figure at a different genealogical remove. 9×
AR["إيهودَ","إيهودُ","وَ-أَهود","وَ-إيهودُ"]·ben["আহূদ","আহূদকে","এবং-আহূদ","ও-এহূদ"]·DE["Ehud","[ואהוד]","und-Ehud"]·EN["Ehud","and-Ehud"]·FR["[ואהוד]","et-Éhud","Éhud"]·heb["אהוד","ו-אהוד"]·HI["एहूद","एहूद-को","एहूद-ने","और-एहूद"]·ID["Dan-Ehud","Ehud","dan-Ehud"]·IT["Ehud","[ואהוד]","e-Ehud"]·jav["Lan-Éhud","lan-Èhud","lan-Éhud","Éhud"]·KO["그리고-에훀은","그리고-에훀이","그리고-에훃","그리고-에훗-은","에훀를","에훀이"]·PT["'Ehud","E-'Ehud","e-'Ehud","e-Ehud"]·RU["И-Эхуд","Эхуд","Эхуда","а-Эхуд","и-Эхуд"]·ES["Ehud","Y-Ehud","y-Ehud"]·SW["Ehudi","na-Ehudi"]·TR["Ehud","ve-Ehud"]·urd["اور-اہود","اور-ایہود","ایہود","ایہود-نے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֵהוּד n.pr.m. 1. a Benjamite, son of Gera, deliverer of Isr. from Moab Ju 3:15, 16, 20(×2), 21, 23, 26; 4:1. 2. a Benjamite, son of Bilhan (= foregoing?) 1 Ch 7:10.