eliav · Eliab

What it means

eliav (אֱלִיאָב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Eliab”.

The name of several men; among them a chief of the tribe of Zebulun (Numbers 1:9), the father of Dathan and Abiram (Numbers 16:1) and the oldest brother of David (1 Samuel 16:6). It means "God is father."

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

• Numbers×9
• Deuteronomy×1
• 1 Samuel×4
• 1 Chronicles×6
• 2 Chronicles×1

• Numbers 1:9

  from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;

• Numbers 2:7

  Then the tribe of Zebulun; and the chief of the sons of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon,

• Numbers 7:24

  On the third day, the chief of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon:

• Numbers 7:29

  and for the sacrifice of peace, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliab son of Helon.

• Numbers 10:16

  And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun was Eliab son of Helon.

• Numbers 16:1

  Now Korah son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, took men, with Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, sons of Reuben.

• Numbers 16:12

  And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab; but they said, “We will not come up.

• Numbers 26:8

  The sons of Pallu: Eliab.

• Numbers 26:9

  The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram, the ones called from the community, who contended against Moses and against Aaron in the community of Korah, when they contended against YHWH.

• Deuteronomy 11:6

  and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, son of Reuben, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their houses and their tents and all that existed at their feet, in the midst of all Israel.

• 1 Samuel 16:6

  And it came about, when they came, that he saw Eliab and said, “Surely before YHWH is his anointed.”

• 1 Samuel 17:13

  The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone; they had followed Saul to the war. And the names of his three sons who went to the war were Eliab the firstborn, and second to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

• 1 Samuel 17:28

  Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men, and the anger of Eliab burned against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left that little flock in the wilderness? I know your arrogance and the evil of your heart: for in order to see the war you have come down.”

• 1 Chronicles 2:13

  And Jesse fathered his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,

• 1 Chronicles 6:27

  Eliab, his son; Jeroham, his son; Elkanah, his son.

• 1 Chronicles 12:9

  Ezer the head, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

• 1 Chronicles 15:18

  and with them their brothers of the second rank: Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom and Jeiel, the gatekeepers.

• 1 Chronicles 15:20

  and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with harps on Alamoth;

• 1 Chronicles 16:5

  Asaph the head, and his second, Zechariah; Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with instruments of harps and with lyres; and Asaph with the cymbals, making himself heard;

• 2 Chronicles 11:18

  Rehoboam took as his wife Mahalath daughter of Jerimoth son of David, and of Abihail daughter of Eliab son of Jesse.

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