ELIM
(strong trees), (Exodus 15:27; Numbers 33:9) the second station where the Israelites encamped after crossing the Red Sea. It is distinguished as having had "twelve wells (rather...
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Smith's Bible Dictionary, Dr. William Smith, 1884.
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ELIMELECH
(my God is king), a man of the tribe of Judah and of the family of the Hezronites, who dwelt in Bethlehem-Ephratah in the days of the Judges. (B.C. 1312.) In consequence of a gr...
ELIOENAI
(my eyes are toward the Lord).Elsest son of Neariah, the son of Shemaiah. (1 Chronicles 3:23,24)Head of a family of the Simeonites. (1 Chronicles 4:36) (B.C. after 1451.)Head of...
ELIPHAL
(whom God judges), son of Ur, one of David’s guard. (1 Chronicles 11:35) [ELIPHELET, 3]
ELIPHALET
(the god of deliverance), the last of the thirteen sons born to David after his establishment in Jerusalem. (2 Samuel 5:16; 1 Chronicles 14:7) [ELIPHELET, 2]
ELIPHAZ
(God is his strength).The son of Esau and Adah, and the father of Teman. (Genesis 36:4; 1 Chronicles 1:35,36)The chief of the "three friends" of Job. He is called "the Temanite;...
ELIPHELEH
(whom God makes distinguished), a Merarite Levite, one of the gate-keepers appointed by David to play on the harp "on the Sheminith" on the occasion of bringing up the ark to th...
ELIPHELET
(the God of deliverance).The name of a son of David, one of the children born to him after his establishment in Jerusalem. (1 Chronicles 3:6) (B.C. after 1044.)Another son of Da...
ELISABETH
(the oath of God), the wife of Zacharias and mother of John the Baptist. She was herself of the priestly family, and a relation, (Luke 1:36) of the mother of our Lord.
ELISEUS
the Greek form of the name Elisha.
ELISHA
(God his salvation), son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah; the attendant and disciple of Elijan, and subsequently his successor as prophet of the kingdom of Israel. The earliest menti...
ELISHAH
(God is salvation), the eldest son of Javan. (Genesis 10:4) The residence of his descendants is described in (Ezekiel 27:7) as the isles of Elishah, whence the Phoenicians obtai...
ELISHAMA
(whom God hears).The "prince" or "captain" of the tribe of Ephraim in the wilderness of Sinai. (Numbers 1:10; 2:18; 7:48; 10:22) (B.C. 1491.) From (1 Chronicles 7:26) we find th...
ELISHAPHAT
(whom God judges), son of Zichri; one of the captains of hundreds in the time of Jehoiada. (2 Chronicles 23:1) (B.C. 877.)
ELISHEBA
(God is her oath), the wife of Aaron. (Exodus 6:23) She was the daughter of Amminadab, and sister of Nahshon the captain of the host of Judah. (Numbers 2:3) (B.C. 1491.)
ELISHUA
(God is my salvation), one of David’s sons, born after his settlement in Jerusalem. (2 Samuel 5:15; 1 Chronicles 14:5) (B.C. 1044.)
ELIUD
(God his praise), son of Achim in the genealogy of Christ. (Matthew 1:15)
ELIZAPHAN
(whom God protects).A Levite, son of Uzziel, chief of the house of the Kohathites at the time of the census in the wilderness of Sinai. (Numbers 3:30) (B.C. 1491.)Prince of the ...
ELIZUR
prince of the tribe and over the host of Reuben. (Numbers 1:5; 2:10; 7:30,35; 10:18)
ELKANAH, OR ELKONAH
(God-provided).Son, or rather grandson, see (1 Chronicles 6:22,23) (1Chr 6:7,8) of Korah, according to (Exodus 6:24)A descendant of the above in the line of Ahimoth, otherwise M...
ELKOSH
(God my bow), the birthplace of the prophet Nahum, hence called "the Elkoshite." (Nahum 1:1) This place is located at the modern Alkush, a village on the east bank of the Tigris...
ELLASAR
(oak), the city of Arioch, (Genesis 14:1) seems to be the Hebrew representative of the old Chaldean town called in the native dialect Larsa or Larancha. Larsa was a town of lowe...
ELM
(Hosea 4:13) [See OAK]
ELMADAM
In the Revised Version, (Luke 3:28) Same as ELMODAM.
ELMODAM
(measure), son of Er, in the genealogy of Joseph. (Luke 3:28)
ELNAAM
(God his delight), the father of Jeribai and Joshaviah, two of David’s guard, according to (1 Chronicles 11:46)
ELNATHAN, OR ELNATHAN
(God hath given).The maternal grandfather of Jehoiachin, (2 Kings 24:8) the same with Elnathan the son of Achbor. (Jeremiah 26:22; 36:12,25)The name of three persons, apparently...