Smith's Bible Dictionary

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ELEASAH

(whom God made).Son of Helez, one of the descendants of Judah, of the family of Hezron. (1 Chronicles 2:39) (B.C. after 1046.)Son of Rapha or Rephaiah; a descendant of Saul thro...

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ELEAZAR

(help of God).Third son of Aaron. After the death of Nadab and Abihu without children, (Leviticus 10:6; Numbers 3:4) Eleazar was appointed chief over the principal Levites. (Num...

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ELELOHEISRAEL

(God, the God of Israel), the name bestowed by Jacob on the altar which he erected facing the city of Shechem. (Genesis 33:19,20)

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ELEPH

(the ox), one of the towns allotted to Benjamin, and named next to Jerusalem. (Joshua 18:28)

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ELHANAN

(the grace of God).A distinguished warrior in the time of King David, who performed a memorable exploit against the Philistines. (2 Samuel 21:19; 1 Chronicles 20:5) (B.C. about ...

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ELI

(ascension), a descendant of Aaron through Ithamar, the youngest of his two surviving sons. (Leviticus 10:1,2,12) comp. 1Kin 2:27 with 2Sam 8:17; 1Chr 24:3 (B.C. 1214-1116.) he ...

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ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI

The Hebrew form, as Eloi, Eloi, etc., is the Syro-Chaldaic (the common language in use by the Jews in the time of Christ) of the first words of the twenty-second Psalm; they mea...

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ELIAB

(God is my father).Son of Helon and leader of the tribe of Zebulun at the time of the census in the wilderness of Sinai. (Numbers 1:9; 2:7; 7:24,29; 10:16) (B.C. 1490.)A Reubeni...

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ELIADA

(known by God).One of David’s sons; according to the lists, the youngest but one of the family born to him after his establishment in Jerusalem. (2 Samuel 5:16; 1 Chronicles 3:8...

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ELIADAH

father of Rezon, the captain of a marauding band that annoyed Solomon. (1 Kings 11:23)

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ELIAH

(my God is Jehovah).A Benjamite, a chief man of the tribe. (1 Chronicles 8:27)One of the Bene-Elam, an Israelite (i.e. a layman) who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:26)

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ELIAHBA

(whom God hides), on of the thirty of David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:32; 1 Chronicles 11:33) (B.C. 1046.)

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ELIAKIM

(raised up by God.).Son of Hilkiah, master of Hezekiah’s household ("over the house," as) (Isaiah 36:3) (2 Kings 18:18,26,37) (B.C. 713.) Eliakim was a good man, as appears by t...

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ELIAM

(God’s people.).Father of Bath-sheba, the wife of David. (11:3)One of David’s "thirty" warriors. (2 Samuel 23:34)

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ELIAS

the Greek form of Elijah.

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ELIASAPH

Head of the tribe of Dan at the time of the census in the wilderness of Sinai. (Numbers 1:14; 2:14; 7:42,47; 10:20) (B.C. 1490.)A levite, and "chief of the Gershonites" at the s...

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ELIASHIB

(whom God restores).A priest in the time of King David eleventh in the order of the "governors" of the sanctuary. (1 Chronicles 24:12)One of the latest descendants of the royal ...

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ELIATHAH

(to whom God comes), a musician in the temple in the time of King David. (1 Chronicles 25:4,27)

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ELIDAD

(whom God loves), the man chosen to represent the tribe of Benjamin in the division of the land of Canaan. (Numbers 34:21) (B.C. 1452.)

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ELIEL

(to whom God is strength).One of the heads of the tribe of Manasseh on the east of Jordan. (1 Chronicles 5:24)A forefather of Samuel the prophet. (1 Chronicles 6:34)A chief man ...

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ELIENAI

(my eyes are toward God) a descendant of Benjamin, and a chief man in the tribe. (1 Chronicles 8:20)

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ELIEZAR

(God is his help).Abraham’s chief servant, called by him "Eliezer of Damascus." (Genesis 15:2) (B.C. 1857.)Second son of Moses and Zipporah (B.c. 1523), to whom his father gave ...

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ELIHOENAI

(my eyes are toward Jehovah), son of Zerahiah, who with 200 men returned from the captivity with Ezra. (Ezra 8:4) (B.C. 459.)

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ELIHOREPH

(God is his reward), one of Solomon’s scribes. (1 Kings 4:3)

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ELIHU

(whose God is he (Jehovah)).One of the interlocutors in the book of Job. [JOB, JOB, BOOK OF] He is described as the "son of Baerachel the Buzite."A forefather of Samuel the prop...

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ELIJAH

(my God is Jehovah) has been well entitled "the grandest and the most romantic character that Israel ever produced." "Elijah the Tishbite,... of the inhabitants of Gilead" is li...

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ELIKA

(rejected of God), a Harodite, one of David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:25)