Lexical Summary Eliab: "God is father", the name of several Israelites Original Word: אֱלִיאָבTransliteration: Eliab Phonetic Spelling: (el-ee-awb') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "God is father", the name of several Israelites Meaning: Eliab -- "God is father", the name of several Israelites Strong's Concordance Eliab From 'el and 'ab; God of (his) father; Eliab, the name of six Israelites -- Eliab. see HEBREW 'el see HEBREW 'ab Brown-Driver-Briggs H446. Eliab אֱלִיאָב proper name, masculine (God is father, compare אֲבִיאֵל) a. prince of Zebulon Numbers 1:9; 2:7; 7:24, 29; 10:16. b. prince of Reuben Numbers 16:1, 12; 26:8-9, Deuteronomy 11:6. c. brother of David 1 Samuel 16:6; 17:3, 28 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 2:13; 2 Chronicles 11:18 (compare אֱלִיהוּ 1 Chronicles 27:18). d. a Kohathite 1 Chronicles 6:12 = אֱלִיאֵל v.6:19 compare אֱלִיהוּ 1 Samuel 1:1. e. a Gadite 1 Chronicles 12:9. feminine Levite singer 15:18, 20; 16:5. |
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