אֶלְיְהוֹעֵינַיʼElyᵉhôwʻêynay
אֶלְיְהוֺעֵינַי: proper name, masculine: unto, are mine eyes
Pronunciation: el-ye-ho-ay-nah'ee · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H454
Meanings
1. a Korahite (1 Chronicles 26:3)
2. a returning exile (Ezra 8:4)
אֶלְיוֺעֵינַי: proper name, masculine: id.
1. a descendant of David (1 Chronicles 3:23; 1 Chronicles 3:24)
2. a Simeonite (1 Chronicles 4:36)
3. a Benjamite (1 Chronicles 7:8)
4. priests in time of Ezra (Ezra 10:22; Ezra 10:27; Nehemiah 12:41)
Same root
- אֵלʼêl · H413near, with or among; often in general, to
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh · H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- עַיִןʻayin · H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- ἘσλίEslí · G2069Esli, an Israelite
- אֱלִיעֵינַיʼĔlîyʻêynay · H462Elienai, an Israelite
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 3:23 The sons of Neariah were Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam—three in all.
- 1 Chronicles 3:24 The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven in all.
- 1 Chronicles 4:36 Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,
- 1 Chronicles 7:8 The sons of Beker were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth.
- 1 Chronicles 26:3 Elam (the fifth), Jehohanan (the sixth), and Eliehoenai (the seventh).
- Ezra 8:4 From the family of Pahath-moab: Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah and 200 other men.
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).