ʼĔlîyʼâb — H446

Definition

masculine proper noun

Eliab, the name of six Israelites

1. Eliab = "my God is father" or "God is father"
2. son of Helon, leader of Zebulun in the wilderness
3. a Reubenite chief, father of Dathan and Abiram
4. David's oldest brother
5. a Levite musician
6. a Gadite warrior for David
7. a Kohathite

Usually translated as

Eliab

Origin

from H410 and H1; God of (his) father

• Derived from ʼêl (H410)
• Derived from ʼâb (H1)

Occurrences

ʼĔlîyʼâb occurs 21 times in 20 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (9), Deuteronomy (1), 1 Samuel (3), 1 Chronicles (6), 2 Chronicles (1)

• Numbers 1:9 — Of Zebulun; Eliab (אֱלִיאָ֖ב) the son of Helon.
• Numbers 2:7 — Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab (אֱלִיאָ֖ב) the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.
• Numbers 7:24 — On the third day Eliab (אֱלִיאָ֖ב) the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer:
• Numbers 7:29 — And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab (אֱלִיאָ֖ב) the son of Helon.
• Numbers 10:16 — And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab (אֱלִיאָ֖ב) the son of Helon.
• Numbers 16:1 — Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab (אֱלִיאָ֛ב), and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
• Numbers 16:12 — And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab (אֱלִיאָ֑ב): which said, We will not come up:
• Numbers 26:8 — And the sons of Pallu; Eliab (אֱלִיאָֽב).
• Numbers 26:9 — And the sons of Eliab (אֱלִיאָ֔ב); Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:
• Deuteronomy 11:6 — And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab (אֱלִיאָב֮), the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
• 1 Samuel 16:6 — And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab (אֱלִיאָ֑ב), and said, Surely the LORD’s anointed is before him.
• 1 Samuel 17:13 — And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab (אֱלִיאָ֣ב) the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
• 1 Samuel 17:28 — And Eliab (אֱלִיאָב֙) his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
• 1 Samuel 17:28 — And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s (אֱלִיאָ֨ב) anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
• 1 Chronicles 2:13 — And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab (אֱלִיאָ֑ב), and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
• 1 Chronicles 6:27 — Eliab (אֱלִיאָ֥ב) his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
• 1 Chronicles 12:9 — Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab (אֱלִיאָ֖ב) the third,
• 1 Chronicles 15:18 — And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab (אֱלִיאָ֡ב), and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters.
• 1 Chronicles 15:20 — And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab (וֶֽאֱלִיאָ֔ב), and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
• 1 Chronicles 16:5 — Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab (וֶאֱלִיאָ֡ב), and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
• 2 Chronicles 11:18 — And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab (אֱלִיאָ֖ב) the son of Jesse;