Ehud
EE-hud
Hebrew
Boy
In the King James Bible
- Meaning
- United; Strong
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Is it in the Bible?
- Yes — Ehud appears in the King James Bible, including Judges 3:15.
- First appears in
- Judges — Conquest and judges
- Peak US usage
- No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
- Spiritual meaning
- Ehud's story shows that God uses our unique traits — even those the world considers disadvantages — as instruments of deliverance. What others see as a limitation, God sees as a strategic advantage.
- King James verses
- Judges 3:15
"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."
- Judges 3:15