BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H449
e.li.dad — Elidad
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.34.21; son of: Chislon (H3692) § Elidad = "my God has loved" a Benjamite chief who helped apportion his tribe's allotment to the Promised Land
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3692
kis.lon — Chislon
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.34.21; father of: Elidad (H0449) § Chislon = "confidence" father of Elidad, the prince selected to assist in the division of the land of Canaan among the tribes
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Whom God has loved, son of Chislon, and chief of the tribe of Benjamin; one of those who were appointed to divide the Promised Land among the tribes (Num. 34:21).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
