אֶלְיָשִׁיבʼElyâshîyb

proper name, masculine: God restores

Pronunciation: el-yaw-sheeb' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H475

Meanings

a. a descendant of David (1 Chronicles 3:24)

b. priest of David's time (1 Chronicles 24:12)

c. high priest of Nehemiah's time (Ezra 10:6; Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 3:20)

d. a singer (Ezra 10:24)

e. one of the line of Zattu (Ezra 10:27)

f. one of the line of Bani (Ezra 10:36)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 17 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 3:24 The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven in all.
  • 1 Chronicles 24:12 The eleventh lot fell to Eliashib. The twelfth lot fell to Jakim.
  • Ezra 10:6 Then Ezra left the front of the Temple of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. He spent the night there without eating or drinking anything. He was still in mourning because of the unfaithfulness of the returned exiles.
  • Ezra 10:24 This is the singer who was guilty: Eliashib. These are the gatekeepers who were guilty: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
  • Ezra 10:27 From the family of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.
  • Ezra 10:36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
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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).