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Elias

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H475

אֶלְיָשִׁיב

el.ya.shiv — Eliashib

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.3.24; son of: Elioenai (H0454B); brother of: Hodaviah (H1938), Pelaiah (H6411B), Akkub (H6126), Johanan (H3110I), Delaiah (H1806) and Anani (H6054) § Eliashib = "God restores" 1) a priest in David's reign 2) a descendant of David 3) a high priest in Nehemiah's time 4) a temple singer with foreign wife 5) one of the line of Zattu 6) one of the line of Bani

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7467

רְעוּאֵל

re.u.el — Reuel

A man of the Edomites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.4; son of: Esau (H6215) and Mahalath (H4258); half-brother of: Eliphaz (H0464), Jeush (H3266), Jalam (H3281) and Korah (H7141); father of: Nahath (H5184), Zerah (H2226), Shammah (H8048) and Mizzah (H4199) § Reuel or Raguel = "friend of God" 1) a son of Esau by his wife Bashemath, the sister of Ishmael 2) the father-in-law of Moses 2a) also 'Jethro' 3) father of Eliasaph, the leader of the tribe of Gad at the time of the census at Sinai 4) a Benjamite, ancestor of Elah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6126

עַקּוּב

aq.quv — Akkub

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.3.24; son of: Elioenai (H0454B); brother of: Hodaviah (H1938), Eliashib (H0475), Pelaiah (H6411B), Johanan (H3110I), Delaiah (H1806) and Anani (H6054) § Akkub = "insidious" 1) son of Elioenai and descendant of David through Zerubbabel 2) a head of a family returning from exile 3) head of a family of temple slaves returning from exile 4) a Levite gatekeeper 5) a Levite who helped Ezra expound the law to the people 6) a Levite gatekeeper after the return from exile

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1806

דְּלָיָ֫הוּ

de.la.yah — Delaiah

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.3.24; son of: Elioenai (H0454B); brother of: Hodaviah (H1938), Eliashib (H0475), Pelaiah (H6411B), Akkub (H6126), Johanan (H3110I) and Anani (H6054) § Dalaiah or Delaiah = "Jehovah has drawn" 1) a priest in the time of David, leader of the 23rd course 2) a son of Shemaiah, a ruler of Judah in the time of Jeremiah in the court of Jehoiakim 3) the head of an exilic family, of uncertain pedigree, claiming to be Israelites in the time of Zerubbabel 4) a descendant of Zerubbabel 5) the son of Mehetabeel and the father of Shemaiah, a contemporary of Nehemiah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H460

אֶלְיָסָף

el.ya.saph — Eliasaph

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.1.14; son of: Jethro (H3503); brother of: Zipporah (H6855) and Hobab (H2246) § Eliasaph = "God has added" 1) a Gadite chief in the wilderness census 2) a head of the Gershonites

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3111

יוֹיָדָע

yo.ya.da — Joiada

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.3.6; son of: Paseah (H6454I) § Joiada or Jehoiada = "Jehovah knows" 1) son of Paseah, who assisted to repair the old gate of Jerusalem 2) son of the high priest Eliashib in the time of Nehemiah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1845

דְּעוּאֵל

de.u.el — Deuel

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.1.14; father of: Eliasaph (H0460); also called Reuel at Num.2.14; Also named: re.u.el (רְעוּאֵל "Reuel" H7467I) § Deuel = "they know God" father of Eliasaph, the captain of the tribe of Gad at the time of the numbering of the people at Sinai, also called 'Reuel'

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1938

הוֹדַוְיָה

ho.dav.yah — Hodaviah

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.3.24; son of: Elioenai (H0454B); brother of: Eliashib (H0475), Pelaiah (H6411B), Akkub (H6126), Johanan (H3110I), Delaiah (H1806) and Anani (H6054) Also named: ho.day.va.hu (הוֹדַיְוָהוּ "Hodaiah" H1939) § Hodaviah = "praise ye Jehovah" 1) a man of Manasseh, one of the heads of the half tribe on the east of Jordan 2) a man of Benjamin, son of Has-senuah 3) a Levite, who seems to have given his name to an important family in the tribe

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3113

יוֹיָקִים

yo.ya.qim — Joiakim

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.12.10; son of: Joshua (H3091J); father of: Eliashib (H0475N) § Joiakim or Jehoiakim = "Jehovah raises up" a priest and son of Jeshua the high priest

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6855

צִפֹּרָה

tsip.po.rah — Zipporah

A woman living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.2.21; daughter of: Jethro (H3503); sister of: Eliasaph (H0460) and Hobab (H2246); married to Moses (H4872); mother of: Gershom (H1647) and Eliezer (H0461H) § Zipporah = "bird" daughter of Reuel or Jethro, wife of Moses, and mother of Gershom and Eliezer

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2246

חֹבָב

cho.vav — Hobab

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.10.29; son of: Jethro (H3503); brother of: Zipporah (H6855) and Eliasaph (H0460) § Hobab = "cherished" the son of Reuel, the Midianite father-in-law of Moses, also known as Jethro, and brother-in-law of Moses

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3815

לָאֵל

la.el — Lael

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.3.24; father of: Eliasaph (H0460H) § Lael = "belonging to God" a Levite, father of Eliasaph and descendant of Gershon

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6054

עֲנָנִי

a.na.ni — Anani

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.3.24; son of: Elioenai (H0454B); brother of: Hodaviah (H1938), Eliashib (H0475), Pelaiah (H6411B), Akkub (H6126), Johanan (H3110I) and Delaiah (H1806) § Anani = "my cloud" the 7th son of Elioenai, descendant of David

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1939

הוֹדַיְוָהוּ

ho.day.va.hu — Hodaiah

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.3.24; son of: Elioenai (H0454B); brother of: Eliashib (H0475), Pelaiah (H6411B), Akkub (H6126), Johanan (H3110I), Delaiah (H1806) and Anani (H6054) Another name of ho.dav.yah (הוֹדַוְיָה "Hodaviah" H1938G) § Hodaiah = "praise ye Jehovah" son of the royal line of Judah

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Historical dictionary entry

The Greek form of Elijah (Matt. 11:14; 16:14, etc.), which the Revised Version has uniformly adopted in the New Testament. (See ELIJAH.)

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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