Etymology?:
shortened for ʾayil אַ֫יִל ‘ram / pillar / leader / terebinth’
Roots:
איל
ʾēl n, m
1) god, god-like one, mighty one
1a) mighty men, men of rank, mighty heroes
1b) angels
1c) god, false god, (demons, imaginations)
1d) God, the one true God, Jehovah
2) mighty things in nature
3) strength, power
Mentioned in Genesis 31:29, 46:3, 49:25, 14:19, 14:22, 17:1, 35:1, 35:7, 43:14, 16:13, 14:18, 14:20, 21:33, 28:3, 31:13, 33:20, 35:3, 35:11, 48:3 Exodus 15:2, 20:5, 6:3, 15:11, 34:14, 34:6 Numbers 23:19, 24:23, 16:22, 24:8, 12:13, 23:8, 23:22, 23:23, 24:4, 24:16 Deuteronomy 4:31, 5:9, 10:17, 6:15, 3:24, 7:9, 28:32, 32:4, 32:12, 33:26, 4:24, 7:21, 32:18, 32:21 Joshua 22:22, 3:10, 24:19 1 Samuel 2:3 2 Samuel 22:31, 22:32, 22:33, 22:48, 23:5 Isaiah 31:3, 44:15, 45:21, 43:10, 45:14, 43:12, 45:22, 46:9, 45:15, 5:16, 8:10, 9:5, 10:21, 12:2, 14:13, 40:18, 42:5, 44:10, 44:17, 45:20, 46:6, 57:5 Jeremiah 32:18, 51:56 Ezekiel 28:2, 28:9, 10:5, 31:11, 32:21 Hosea 2:1, 11:9, 12:1 Jonah 4:2 Micah 2:1, 7:18 Nahum 1:2 Malachi 2:10, 2:11, 1:9 Psalms 78:8, 89:27, 36:7, 68:20, 68:21, 86:15, 52:7, 106:14, 118:27, 140:7, 17:6, 18:33, 73:17, 42:10, 73:11, 55:20, 78:18, 104:21, 10:12, 83:2, 85:9, 102:25, 5:5, 7:7, 7:12, 10:11, 16:1, 18:3, 18:31, 18:48, 19:2, 22:2, 22:11, 29:1, 29:3, 31:6, 42:3, 42:9, 43:4, 44:21, 50:1, 52:3, 57:3, 63:2, 68:25, 68:36, 74:8, 77:10, 77:14, 77:15, 78:7, 78:19, 78:34, 78:35, 78:41, 80:11, 81:10, 82:1, 84:3, 89:7, 89:8, 90:2, 94:1, 95:3, 99:8, 106:21, 107:11, 118:28, 136:26, 139:17, 139:23, 146:5, 149:6, 150:1 Proverbs 3:27 Job 8:13, 20:29, 27:13, 12:6, 5:8, 13:3, 13:20, 37:14, 33:14, 15:11, 31:23, 34:5, 32:13, 34:10, 34:23, 18:21, 35:13, 38:41, 8:3, 8:5, 8:20, 9:2, 13:7, 13:8, 15:4, 15:13, 15:25, 16:11, 19:22, 20:15, 21:14, 21:22, 22:2, 22:13, 22:17, 23:16, 25:4, 27:2, 27:9, 27:11, 31:14, 31:28, 33:4, 33:6, 33:29, 34:12, 34:31, 34:37, 35:2, 36:5, 36:22, 36:26, 37:5, 37:10, 40:9, 40:19, 41:17 Lamentations 3:41 Daniel 9:4, 11:36 Nehemiah 9:32, 1:5, 5:5, 9:31