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Friday, April 19th, 2024
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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #446 - אֱלִיאָב

Transliteration

ʼĔlîyʼâb

Phonetics

el-ee-awb'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H410) and (H1)

Parts of Speech

Proper Name Masculine

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Eliab = “my God is father” or “God is father”

1) son of Helon, leader of Zebulun in the wilderness

2) a Reubenite chief, father of Dathan and Abiram

3) David’s oldest brother

4) a Levite musician

5) a Gadite warrior for David

6) a Kohathite

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (21)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 1

NAS (21)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 1

HCS (20)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 3

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 1

BSB (21)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 1

ESV (21)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 1

WEB (21)

Numbers 9

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 4

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אֱלִיאָב proper name, masculine ( God is father, compare אֲבִיאֵל)

a. prince of Zebulon Numbers 1:9; Numbers 2:7; Numbers 7:24,29; Numbers 10:16.

b. prince of Reuben Numbers 16:1,12; Numbers 26:8,9; Deuteronomy 11:6.

c. brother of David 1 Samuel 16:6; 1 Samuel 17:3,28 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 2:13; 2 Chronicles 11:18 (compare אֱלִיהוּ 1 Chronicles 27:18).

d. a Kohathite 1 Chronicles 6:12 = אֱלִיאֵל v. 1 Chronicles 6:19 compare אֱלִיהוּ 1 Samuel 1:1.

e. a Gadite 1 Chronicles 12:9. feminine Levite singer 1 Chronicles 15:18,20; 1 Chronicles 16:5.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אֱלִיאָב (“whose father is God”), [Eliab], pr.n.

(1) a leader of the tribe of Zebulon, Numbers 1:9, 2:7.

(2) Numbers 16:1, 12 Numbers 16:12, 26:8.

(3) a brother of David, 1 Samuel 16:6, 17:13, 28 1 Samuel 17:28.

(4) 1 Chronicles 16:5.

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List of Word Forms

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