אַלּוּף (ʾallûp) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning tame. It appears
69 times
in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H441).
Also rendered
chief
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 109b)
Range of meaning (TWOT 109b)chief, chiliarch; familiar, friend, gentle, bullock, cow, chieftain; captain, duke, governor, guide, ox
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
אַלּוּףnoun, masculine: chief, chiliarch
Strong's H441אַלּוּף: 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:captain, duke, (chief) friend, governor, guide, ox.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 109: אָלַףʾālap — thousand; make a thousandfold; bring forth thousands