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Eliam

People & Groups • Old Testament
Eliam was the father of Bathsheba and also the name of one of David’s thirty warriors. The two references may describe the same man, though this is uncertain.

ELIAONIAS

People & Groups • Inter-testament
Eliaonias was a descendant of Phaath Moab who returned with Ezra. He is called Eliehoenai in the corresponding Ezra account.

Elias

People & Groups • New Testament
Elias is the Greek form of Elijah, the great prophet of Israel.

Eliasaph

People & Groups • Old Testament
Eliasaph was the name of a leader of the tribe of Gad and of a leader among the Gershonite Levites during Israel’s wilderness journey.

Eliashib

People & Groups • Old Testament
Eliashib was the name of several Israelites, including a priestly course leader and the high priest who helped rebuild Jerusalem’s wall under Nehemiah. He was later criticized for allowing Tobiah to use a temple chamber.

ELIASIBUS

People & Groups • Inter-testament
Eliasibus was one of the holy singers who had married a foreign wife. He is identified with Eliashib in Ezra 10:27.

ELIASIS

People & Groups • Inter-testament
Eliasis was a man who had married a foreign wife after the exile. He may correspond to Jaasu in Ezra 10:37.

Eliathah

People & Groups • Old Testament
Eliathah was a Hemanite Levite appointed as head of the twentieth division of temple musicians during David’s reign.

Elidad

People & Groups • Old Testament
Elidad was a leader of the tribe of Benjamin chosen to help divide the land of Canaan among the tribes of Israel.

ELIEHOENAI

People & Groups • Old Testament
Eliehoenai was the name of a Korahite doorkeeper and of a family head who returned from exile. The name means “to Yahweh are my eyes.”

Eliel

People & Groups • Old Testament
Eliel was the name of several Israelite leaders, warriors, Benjamites, Levites, and an overseer of offerings during Hezekiah’s reign.

Elienai

People & Groups • Old Testament
Elienai was a chief man of the tribe of Benjamin and a descendant of Benjamin.
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