HebrewH0446Proper Noun (Masculine)

אֱלִיאָב

e.li.av

18Occurrences
H0446Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Eliab, the name of six Israelites

from H410 (אֵל) and H1 (אָב); God of (his) father;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Helon (H2497) § 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 ) a Kohathite

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אֱלִיאָב appears 18 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
9
1 Chronicles
4
1 Samuel
3
2 Chronicles
1
Deuteronomy
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 15:18BSB

and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.

1 Chronicles 2:13BSB

Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

1 Samuel 17:28BSB

Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”

Numbers 1:9BSB

from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;

Numbers 16:12BSB

Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come!

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