The origin of the name Ehud is Hebrew
This is how Ehud is written in Hebrew:
אֵהוּד=Ehuwd
The biblical meaning of the name Ehud Is:
According to: | meaning: |
Roswell Dwight Hitchcock hitchcock’s dictionary of bible names (1869) |
“he that praises“ |
Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Gesenius Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon (1846) |
“joining together” |
James Strong Strong’s Concordance (1890) |
“unity“ |
In the Bible:
Ehud was a judge of Israel
The name Ehud appears in the bible in the following verses:
Judges 3:15 KJV
“But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab.”
Judges 3:16 KJV
“But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.”
Judges 3:20 KJV
“And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.”
Judges 3:21 KJV
“And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:”
Judges 3:23 KJV
“Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them.”
Judges 3:26 KJV
“And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.”
Judges 4:1 KJV
“And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.”
1 Chronicles 7:10 KJV
“The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.”