אֱלִיהוּʼĔlîyhûw
proper name, masculine: He is (my) God
Pronunciation: el-ee-hoo' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H453
Meanings
a. the young friend of Job (Job 32:2; Job 32:4; Job 32:5)
b. an Ephraimite, Samuel's great-grandfather (1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Chronicles 6:12; 1 Chronicles 6:19)
c. chief of Manasseh (1 Chronicles 12:20)
d. a Korahite (1 Chronicles 26:7)
e. one of the brethren of David (1 Chronicles 27:18; 1 Samuel 16:6)
Same root
- אֵלʼêl · H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
- הוּאhûwʼ · H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 1:1 There was a man named Elkanah who lived in Ramah in the region of Zuph in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, of Ephraim.
- 1 Chronicles 12:20 Here is a list of the men from Manasseh who defected to David as he was returning to Ziklag: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai. Each commanded 1,000 troops from the tribe of Manasseh.
- 1 Chronicles 26:7 Their names were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Their relatives, Elihu and Semakiah, were also very capable men.
- 1 Chronicles 27:18 Judah Elihu (a brother of David)Issachar Omri son of Michael
- Job 32:2 Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the clan of Ram, became angry. He was angry because Job refused to admit that he had sinned and that God was right in punishing him.
- Job 32:4 Elihu had waited for the others to speak to Job because they were older than he.
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).