אֱלִיאָבʼĔlîyʼâb
proper name, masculine: God is father
Pronunciation: el-ee-awb' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H446
Meanings
a. prince of Zebulon (Numbers 1:9; Numbers 2:7; Numbers 7:24)
b. prince of Reuben (Numbers 16:1; Numbers 16:12; Numbers 26:8)
c. brother of David (1 Samuel 16:6; 1 Samuel 17:3; 1 Samuel 17:28)
d. a Kohathite (1 Chronicles 6:12; 1 Chronicles 6:19; 1 Samuel 1:1)
e. a Gadite (1 Chronicles 12:9)
f. Levite singer (1 Chronicles 15:18; 1 Chronicles 15:20; 1 Chronicles 16:5)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 21 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 1:9 Zebulun Eliab son of Helon
- Numbers 2:7 -“The divisions of Reuben, Simeon, and Gad are to camp on the south side of the Tabernacle, beneath their family banners. These are the names of the tribes, their leaders, and the numbers of their registered troops:TribeLeaderNumberReubenElizur son of Shedeur 46,500
- Numbers 7:24 On the third day Eliab son of Helon, leader of the tribe of Zebulun, presented his offering.
- Numbers 7:29 For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Eliab son of Helon.
- Numbers 10:16 and the troops of the tribe of Zebulun, led by Eliab son of Helon.
- Numbers 16:1 One day Korah son of Izhar, a descendant of Kohath son of Levi, conspired with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, from the tribe of Reuben.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).