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Elika in Easton's Bible Dictionary

God is his rejector, one of David's thirty-seven distinguished heros (2 Sam. 23:25)....

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Eliphelet in Naves Topical Bible

1. A distinguished warrior 2Sa 23:34 -2. A son of David 1Ch 3:6 Called ELPALET 1Ch 14:5 -3. A son of David, probably identical with number two above 2Sa 5:16; 1Ch 3:8; 14:7 Called ELIPHALET in 2Sa 5:16; 1Ch 14:7 -4. A descendant of Saul 1Ch 8:39 -5. A companion of Ezra Ezr 8:13 -6. An Israelite, probably identical with number five abo...

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Eliphaz in Easton's Bible Dictionary

God his strength. (1.) One of Job's "three friends" who visited him in his affliction (4:1). He was a "Temanite", i.e., a native of Teman, in Idumea. He first enters into debate with Job. His language is uniformly more delicate and gentle than that of the other two, although he imputes to Job special sins as the cause of his present suffe...

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Elijah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(my God is Jehovah) has been well entitled "the grandest and the most romantic character that Israel ever produced." "Elijah the Tishbite,... of the inhabitants of Gilead" is literally all that is given us to know of his parentage and locality. Of his appearance as he "stood before" Ahab (B.C. 910) with the suddenness of motion to this day ch...

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Eliphalet in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(the god of deliverance), the last of the thirteen sons born to David after his establishment in Jerusalem. 2Sa 5:16; 1Ch 14:7 [ELIPHELET, 2]...

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Eliphaz in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("God for strength".) 1. Esau's son by Adah; Teman's father (Genesis 36:4; 1 Chronicles 1:35-36). 2. First of Job's three friends, the "Temanite," sprung from the former Eliphaz Teman answers to Edom (Jeremiah 49:20), part of Arabia Petraea. Calmer and less vehement against Job than Bildad and Zophar, but condemned at the end for the same ...

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Elihu in Naves Topical Bible

1. A Buzite and one of Job's three friends Job 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37 -2. Son of Tohu 1Sa 1:1 Probably identical with ELIEL 1Ch 6:34 And ELIAB 1Ch 6:27 -3. A Manassite warrior, who joined David at Ziklag 1Ch 12:20 -4. A porter of the temple 1Ch 26:7 -5. A chief of the tribe of Judah 1Ch 27:18 Possibly ELIAB, the oldest brother of Davi...

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