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OT:410
'el (ale); shortened from OT:352; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used
also of any deity):
KJV - God (god), goodly, great, idol, might (-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."

OT:7706
Shadday (shad-dah'-ee); from OT:7703; the Almighty:
KJV - Almighty.

You will note that in many occurrences, the KJV Bible translators rendered a single Hebrew or
Greek word with a great variety of English words. The Hebrew word “el,” aside from being
translated as “God,” was also translated as “god (lower case),” “goodly,” “great,” “idol,” “might,”
“mighty one,” “power,” and “strong.” The Hebrew word “Shadday,” however, was translated with
only one English word.

By looking up the words “God” and “Almighty” in Strong’s Concordance I can see that Jacob told
his son Joseph that “El Shadday” appeared to him. That discovery could form the basis for further
study. I may want to look up every place that the Hebrew word “Shadday” appears to see if I can
glean some further insight into its usage and meaning. What I would discover is that this word
appears 48 times in the Old Testament, and in every instance it is used as a reference to Yahweh. No
one else in the Bible is called “Shadday.”

As wonderful as Strong’s Concordance is, it can be somewhat lacking in the word definition
department. The Bible student in many instances will wish that he had a more robust definition of
a Hebrew or Greek word. To look for further insight a Bible student could look at Young’s Analytical
Concordance to the Bible.

Young’s Concordance is very similar to Strong’s, but his word definitions provide shades of
meaning that at times vary from Strong’s reference work. I was not aware of Young’s Concordance
when I was a youth, and never had access to one. I discovered it existed when I came across an old
copy some years back. This book was published in 1879 by the same man who produced Young’s
Literal Translation of the Bible, itself a wonderful study resource. Young’s concordance predates