אֱלִיפַזʼĔlîyphaz
proper name, masculine: God is fine gold
Pronunciation: el-ee-faz' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H464
Meanings
a. son of Esau (Genesis 36:4; Genesis 36:10; Genesis 36:11)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 15 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 36:4 Adah gave birth to a son named Eliphaz for Esau. Basemath gave birth to a son named Reuel.
- Genesis 36:10 These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz, the son of Esau’s wife Adah; and Reuel, the son of Esau’s wife Basemath.
- Genesis 36:11 The descendants of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
- Genesis 36:12 Timna, the concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to a son named Amalek. These are the descendants of Esau’s wife Adah.
- Genesis 36:15 These are the descendants of Esau who became the leaders of various clans: The descendants of Esau’s oldest son, Eliphaz, became the leaders of the clans of Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,
- Genesis 36:16 Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These are the clan leaders in the land of Edom who descended from Eliphaz. All these were descendants of Esau’s wife Adah.
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).