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 · H466
e.liph.le.hu — Eliphelehu
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.15.18 § Elipheleh = "my God sets him apart" or "my God distinguishes him" a Levite gatekeeper and musician for David
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →God will distinguish him, one of the porters appointed to play “on the Sheminith” on the occasion of the bringing up of the ark to the city of David (1 Chr. 15:18, 21).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
