Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. V, 1950 Sacred Scripture Peoples and figures

Ela

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ELA (Heb. 'Elâh = "Oak", "Terebinth"). - Name of several figures of the Old Testament, among them a king of Israel killed after two years by the rebel Zimri (1 Kings 16:8-14) and an Edomite prince (Gen. 36:41; 1 Chron. 1:52).

For other individuals with this name cf. 2 Kings 15:30, 1 Chron. 4:15; 9:8. For the city on the "Elamite" gulf; V. ELATH.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 191.

More by Angelo Penna: Elath · Eleazar (Heb. 'El'āzār, "God Has Helped") · Helena · Eliasaph (Heb. 'Eljasaph "God Increases") · Eliasib (Heb. 'Eljā'ībh)

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Penna, Angelo. “Ela (Ebr. 'Elâh = « Quercia », « terebinto »).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 191. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/ela-ebr-elah-quercia-terebinto.

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Penna, Angelo. “Ela (Ebr. 'Elâh = « Quercia », « terebinto »).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 191. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ela-ebr-elah-quercia-terebinto.

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@incollection{ec5_ela_ebr_elah_quercia_terebinto,
  author    = {Penna, Angelo},
  title     = {Ela (Ebr. 'Elâh = « Quercia », « terebinto »)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {191},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/ela-ebr-elah-quercia-terebinto}
}

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