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Elihu in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(whose God is he (Jehovah)). 1. One of the interlocutors in the book of Job. [JOB] He is described as the "son of Baerachel the Buzite." 2. A forefather of Samuel the prophet. 1Sa 1:1 3. In 1Ch 27:18 Elihu "of the brethren of David" is mentioned as the chief of the tribe of Judah. 4. One of the captains of the thousands of Manasseh, 1Ch 12:2...

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Elijah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("God-Jehovah".) (1 Kings 17:1, etc.). "The Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead." No town of the name has been discovered; some explain it as "Converter." His name and designation mark his one grand mission, to bring his apostate people back to Jehovah as THE true God; compare 1 Kings 18:39 with Malachi 4:5-6. In contrast to the detailed g...

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Elimelech in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

e-lim'-e-lek ('elimelekh, "my God is king"; Abeimelech, Alimelek): Elimelech was a member of the tribe of Judah, a native of Bethlehem Judah, a man of wealth and probably head of a family or clan (Ruth 1:2,3; 2:1,3). He lived during the period of the Judges, had a hereditary possession near Bethlehem, and is chiefly known as the husband of Nao...

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Elioenai in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(my eyes are toward the Lord). 1. Elsest son of Neariah, the son of Shemaiah. 1Ch 3:23,24 2. Head of a family of the Simeonites. 1Ch 4:36 (B.C. after 1451.) 3. Head of one of the families of the sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin. 1Ch 7:8 4. A Korhite Levite, and one of the doorkeepers of the "house of Jehovah." 1Ch 26:3 5. A priest in th...

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Eliphalet in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

The last of David's thirteen sons, after his settlement at Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5:16; 1 Chronicles 14:5-7, ELIPHELET 1 Chronicles 3:8 or ELPALET, PHALTIEL....

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Elipheleh in Naves Topical Bible

A Levite of the second degree 1Ch 15:18,21...

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Elijah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

God the Lord...

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Elimelech in Naves Topical Bible

With Naomi, his wife, and two sons, emigrate to Moab Ru 1:2,3; 2:1,2; 4:3,9...

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Elioenai in Easton's Bible Dictionary

toward Jehovah are my eyes, the name of several men mentioned in the Old Testament (1 Chr. 7:8; 4:36; Ezra 10:22, 27). Among these was the eldest son of Neariah, son of Shemaiah, of the descendants of Zerubbabel. His family are the latest mentioned in the Old Testament (1 Chr. 3:23, 24)....

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Elihu in Easton's Bible Dictionary

whose God is he. (1.) "The son of Barachel, a Buzite" (Job 32:2), one of Job's friends. When the debate between Job and his friends is brought to a close, Elihu for the first time makes his appearance, and delivers his opinion on the points at issue (Job 32-37). (2.) The son of Tohu, and grandfather of Elkanah (1 Sam. 1:1). He is called a...

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