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Elihu in Wikipedia

is a character in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Job. According to the Book of Job, Elihu is one of Job's friends, descended from Nahor (Job 32:2, 34:1). He is said to have descended from Buz who may be from the line of Abraham (Genesis 22:20-21 mentions Buz as a nephew of Abraham)......

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Elihu Scripture - Job 32:2

Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God....

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Elihu Scripture - 1 Chronicles 12:20

As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that [were] of Manasseh....

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Elihu Scripture - Job 32:6

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I [am] young, and ye [are] very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion....

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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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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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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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Elihu in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("God is Jehovah".) 1. Son of Barachel ("God blesses"); the names indicating the piety of the family and their separation from idolatry) the Buzite (Buz being a region of Arabia Deserta, Jeremiah 25:23, called from Buz son of Nahor, Abraham's brother), of the kindred of Ram (probably Aram, nephew of Buz): Job 32:2. He is the main human solve...

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Elihu in Hitchcock's Bible Names

he is my God himself...

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Elihu in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

e-li'-hu ('elihu; Eleiou, "He is (my) God," or "my God is He"): (1) An ancestor of Samuel (1 Sam 1:1), called Eliel in 1 Ch 6:34 and Eliab in 1 Ch 6:27. See ELIAB. (2) Found in 1 Ch 27:18 for Eliab, David's eldest brother (1 Sam 16:6); called "one of the brethren of D." (3) A Manassite who joined David at Ziklag (1 Ch 12:20). (4) A Korah...

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