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HebrewH0453Proper Noun (Masculine)

אֱלִיהוּ

e.li.hu

10Occurrences
H0453Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Elihu, the name of one of Job's friends, and of three Israelites

or (fully) אֱלִיהוּא; from H410 (אֵל) and H1931 (הוּא); God of him;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Tohu (H8459); father of: Jeroham (H3395); also called Eliab at ; Eliel at ; § Elihu = "He is my God" 1) the younger man who rebuked Job and his three friends 2) an Ephraimite, Samuel's great grandfather 3) a Manassite warrior chief for ) son of Shemaiah and Korhite gatekeeper 5) David's brother

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אֱלִיהוּ appears 10 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Job
7
1 Chronicles
2
1 Samuel
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 26:7BSB

Shemaiah’s sons were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad; his brothers were Elihu and Semachiah, also capable men.

1 Samuel 1:1BSB

Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

Job 32:4BSB

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.

Job 32:6BSB

So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared:“I am young in years,while you are old;that is why I was timid and afraidto tell you what I know.

Job 35:1BSB

And Elihu went on to say:

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.