Eliab - Definition and Meaning, Bible Dictionary

Dictionaries - Easton's Bible Dictionary - Eliab

to whom God is father.

A Reubenite, son of Pallu ( Numbers 16:1 Numbers 16:12 ; Numbers 26:8 Numbers 26:9 ; Deuteronomy 11:6 ).

A son of Helon, and chief of the tribe of Zebulun at the time of the census in the wilderness ( Numbers 1:9 ; 2:7 ).

The son of Jesse, and brother of David ( 1 Samuel 16:6 ). It was he who spoke contemptuously to David when he proposed to fight Goliath ( 1 Samuel 17:28 ).

One of the Gadite heroes who joined David in his stronghold in the wilderness ( 1 Chronicles 12:9 ).

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M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.

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Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Eliab". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

Dictionaries - Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary - Eliab

Eliab [N] [E] [S]

God is my father; God is the father

Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names. Public Domain. Copy freely.

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Bibliography Information

Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Eliab'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869.

Dictionaries - Smith's Bible Dictionary - Eliab

Eliab [N] [E] [H]

(God is my father ).

Son of Helon and leader of the tribe of Zebulun at the time of the census in the wilderness of Sinai. ( Numbers 1:9 ; 2:7 ; Numbers 7:24 Numbers 7:29 ; 10:16 ) (B.C. 1490.)
A Reubenite, father of Dathan and Abiram. ( Numbers 16:1 Numbers 16:12 ; Numbers 26:8 Numbers 26:9 ; 11:6 )
One of Davids brothers, the eldest of the family. ( 1 Samuel 16:6 ; 1 Samuel 17:13 1 Samuel 17:28 ; 1 Chronicles 2:13 ) (B.C. 1063.)
A Levite in the time of David, who was both a "porter" and a musician on the "psaltery." ( 1 Chronicles 15:18 1 Chronicles 15:20 ; 16:5 )
One of the warlike Gadite leaders who came over to David when he was in the wilderness taking refuge from Saul. ( 1 Chronicles 12:9 ) (B.C. 1061.)
An ancestor of Samuel the prophet; a Kohathite Levite, son of Nahath. ( 1 Chronicles 6:27 ) (B.C. 1250).
Son of Nathanael, one of the fore-fathers of Judith, and therefore belonging to the tribe of Simeon. Judith 8:1.

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names

Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Eliab'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

Encyclopedias - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eliab

ELIAB

e-li'-ab ('eli'abh, "God is father"):

(1) Prince of the tribe of Zebulun in the Exodus (Numbers 1:9; 2:7; 7:24,29; 10:16).

(2) A Reubenite, father of Dathan and Abiram (Numbers 16:11,12; 26:8; Deuteronomy 11:6).

(3) Eldest son of Jesse and brother of David (1 Samuel 16:6), once called Elihu (1 Chronicles 27:18). He was of commanding appearance (1 Samuel 16:6) and when serving with Saul's army at the time when it was confronting the Philistines and Goliath, was inclined to lord it over his brother David (1 Samuel 17:28). His daughter Abihail became a Wife of Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 11:18).

(4) An Ephraimite, an ancestor of Samuel (1 Chronicles 6:27); called Eliel in 1 Chronicles 6:34, and Elihu in 1 Samuel 1:1.

(5) A Gadire warrior with David (1 Chronicles 12:9), one of 11 mighty men (1 Chronicles 12:8,14).

(6) A Levite musician (1 Chronicles 15:18,20; 16:5).

(7) An ancestor of Judith (Judith 8:1; compare Judith 9:2).

F. K. Farr

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Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ELIAB'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.