H451 - אַלְיָה (ʼalyâh)

H451 אַלְיָה (ʼalyâh) al-yaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

fat tail

Strong's Definition

the stout part, i.e. the fat tail of the Oriental sheep

Derivation: from H422 (אָלָה) (in the original sense of strength);

KJV Usage: rump.

TWOT Reference: 95a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) tail, fat-tail (of sheep-an Eastern delicacy)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3751

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

tail, fat-tail (of sheep-an Eastern delicacy)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אַלְיָה alyâh BDB Definition: 1) tail, fat-tail (of sheep an Eastern delicacy) Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H422 (in the original sense of strength) Same Word by TWOT Number: 95a Total KJV Occurrences: 5

Bible Occurrences (5)

29:22

3:9 7:3 8:25 9:19

Exodus 29:22

Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the lobe of the liver, both kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh (since this is a ram for ordination),

Leviticus 3:9

And from the peace offering he shall bring a food offering to the LORD consisting of its fat: the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that [is] on [them],

Leviticus 7:3

And all the fat from it shall be offered: the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails,

Leviticus 8:25

And [Moses] took the fat— the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with their fat— as well as the right thigh.

Leviticus 9:19

They also brought the fat portions from the ox... and the ram— the fat tail, [the fat] covering the entrails, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver—