אֱלִיצָפָןʼĔlîytsâphân

proper name, masculine: God has protected

Pronunciation: el-ee-tsaw-fawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H469

Meanings

a. chief of the Kohathites (Numbers 3:30; 1 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 29:13)

b. chief of Zebulun (Numbers 34:25)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 6:22 The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.
  • Leviticus 10:4 Then Moses called for Mishael and Elzaphan, Aaron’s cousins, the sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel. He said to them, “Come forward and carry away the bodies of your relatives from in front of the sanctuary to a place outside the camp.”
  • Numbers 3:30 The leader of the Kohathite clans was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.
  • Numbers 34:25 Zebulun Elizaphan son of Parnach
  • 1 Chronicles 15:8 From the descendants of Elizaphan, 200, with Shemaiah as their leader.
  • 2 Chronicles 29:13 From the family of Elizaphan: Shimri and Jeiel. From the family of Asaph: Zechariah and Mattaniah.

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).