Strong’s definition
familiar; a friend, also gentle; hence, a bullock (as being tame; applied, although masculine, to a cow); and so, a chieftain (as notable, like neat cattle)
KJV gloss list in the source
captain, duke, (chief) friend, governor, guide, ox.
Source pronunciation notation: al-loof'
Derivation recorded by Strong
or (shortened) אַלֻּף; from H502 (אָלַף);
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