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Eliphaz in Wikipedia

(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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Eliphaz Scripture - Genesis 36:15

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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Eliphaz Scripture - Genesis 36:10

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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Eliphaz Scripture - Job 42:7

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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Eliphaz in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(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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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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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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Eliphaz in Hitchcock's Bible Names

the endeavor of God...

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Eliphaz in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

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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Eliphaz in Naves Topical Bible

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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