elyashiv · Eliashib

What it means

elyashiv (אֶלְיָשִׁיב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Eliashib”.

The name of several Israelites, among them a high priest of Nehemiah's time. The name means "God will bring back."

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Chronicles×2
• Ezra×4
• Nehemiah×11

• 1 Chronicles 3:24

  And the sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani, seven.

• 1 Chronicles 24:12

  for Eliashib the eleventh, for Jakim the twelfth,

• Ezra 10:6

  And Ezra rose from before the house of Elohim and went to the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and he went there; bread he did not eat, and water he did not drink, for he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

• Ezra 10:24

  And of the singers: Eliashib. And of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.

• Ezra 10:27

  And of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.

• Ezra 10:36

  Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

• Nehemiah 3:1

  And Eliashib the high priest rose up, and his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate; they sanctified it and set up its doors; and as far as the Tower of the Hundred they sanctified it, as far as the Tower of Hananel.

• Nehemiah 3:20

  After him Baruch the son of Zaccai zealously repaired a second section, from the angle to the entrance of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

• Nehemiah 3:21

  After him Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired a second section, from the entrance of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib.

• Nehemiah 12:10

  And Jeshua fathered Joiakim, and Joiakim fathered Eliashib, and Eliashib fathered Joiada,

• Nehemiah 12:22

  The Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, the heads of fathers’ houses were written, and the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.

• Nehemiah 12:23

  The sons of Levi, heads of the fathers’ houses, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.

• Nehemiah 13:4

  Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was placed in the chamber of the house of our Elohim, and was related to Tobiah,

• Nehemiah 13:7

  and I came to Jerusalem, and I understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in making him a chamber in the courts of the house of Elohim.

• Nehemiah 13:28

  And one of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite; so I chased him away from me.

And 2 more times.