Eliphaz
(Hebrew: אֱלִיפַז/אֱלִיפָז "My God is strength", Standard Hebrew
Elifaz, Tiberian Hebrew ʾĔlîp̄az / ʾĔlîp̄āz) was the first-
born son of Esau by his wife Adah. He had six sons, one of
whom was Amalek, born to his concubine Timna, who was the
ancestral enemy of the Israelite people (Exodus 17:16;
Deuteronomy 25:19).
The Midrash relates that whe...
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These [were] dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz
the firstborn [son] of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke
Zepho, duke Kenaz,...
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These [are] the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah
the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau....
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And it was [so], that after the LORD had spoken these words
unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is
kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have
not spoken of me [the thing that is] right, as my servant Job
[hath]....
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el'-i-faz, e-li'-faz ('eliphaz, "God is fine gold" (?)):
(1) Son of Esau by Adah, and father of Teman, Kenaz and Amalek
(Gen 36:4,10; 1 Ch 1:35 f).
(2) See next article....
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1. Son of Esau
Ge 36:4,10-16; 1Ch 1:35
-2. Friend of Job
Job 2:11; 4; 5; 22; 42:7-9...
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(God is his strength).
1. The son of Esau and Adah, and the father of Teman.
Ge 36:4; 1Ch 1:35,36
2. The chief of the "three friends" of Job. He is
called "the Temanite;" hence it is naturally inferred that he
was a descendant of Teman. On him falls the main burden of the
argument, that God's retribution in this world is perfect and
certain,...
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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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("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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