ʼElyᵉhôwʻêynay — H454

Definition

masculine proper noun

Eljehoenai or Eljoenai, the name of seven Israelites

1. Elioenai or Elihoenai = "unto Jehovah are my eyes"
2. a Korahite temple doorkeeper, son of Meshelemiah
3. two men with foreign wife during the exile; one a priest
4. a son of Neariah
5. a Simeonite
6. a Benjamite, son of Becher

Usually translated as

Elihoenai, Elionai

Origin

or (shortened) ʼElyôwʻêynay; from H413 and H3068 and H5869; towards Jehovah (are) my eyes

• Derived from ʼêl (H413)
• Derived from Yᵉhôvâh (H3068)
• Derived from ʻayin (H5869)

Greek equivalents

• Eslí (G2069)

Occurrences

ʼElyᵉhôwʻêynay occurs 9 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (5), Ezra (3), Nehemiah (1)

• 1 Chronicles 3:23 — And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai (אֶלְיוֹעֵינַ֧י), and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.
• 1 Chronicles 3:24 — And the sons of Elioenai (אֶלְיוֹעֵינַ֗י) were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
• 1 Chronicles 4:36 — And Elioenai (וְאֶלְיוֹעֵינַ֡י), and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
• 1 Chronicles 7:8 — And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai (וְאֶלְיוֹעֵינַ֤י), and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
• 1 Chronicles 26:3 — Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai (אֶלְיְהוֹעֵינַ֖י) the seventh.
• Ezra 8:4 — Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai (אֶלְיְהֽוֹעֵינַ֖י) the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.
• Ezra 10:22 — And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai (אֶלְיוֹעֵינַ֤י), Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
• Ezra 10:27 — And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai (אֶלְיוֹעֵנַ֤י), Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
• Nehemiah 12:41 — And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai (אֶלְיוֹעֵינַ֛י), Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;