Word

אֱלִיהוּ

ʼĔlîyhûw · H453 · Hebrew · proper noun · 11 occurrences

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This name belongs to 5 people

Meanings

Elihu

A man also known as Eliab and Eliel, a descendant of Elkanah of the tribe of Levi and an ancestor of Samuel and Heman

Examples
1 Samuel 1:1 Now there was a man from Ramathaim-zophim from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
Elihu

A man of the tribe of Manasseh who was a warrior in the time of David

Examples
1 Chronicles 12:20 As he was going to Ziklag, men from Manasseh defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of thousands who belonged to Manasseh.
Elihu

A man, son of Shemaiah, of the tribe of Levi, who served as a gatekeeper

Examples
1 Chronicles 26:7 The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose brothers, Elihu and Semachiah, were valiant men.
Elihu

A man, son of Jesse and brother of David, of the tribe of Judah, who was officer in charge of his tribe in the time of King David

Examples
1 Chronicles 27:18 for Judah, Elihu, one of David’s brothers; for Issachar, Omri the son of Michael;
Elihu

A man, son of Barachel, who was a friend of Job

Examples
Job 32:2 But the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned against Job; his anger burned because he justified himself before God.
Job 32:4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were years older than he.
Job 32:5 But when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men, his anger burned.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

5 occurrences in 3 groups

בֵּןson 3
אָחbrother 1
רֹאשׁhead, top, chief 1

What it doesIt is the subject

7 occurrences in 5 groups

עָנָהto answer 3
חָכָהto defer action 1
יָסַףto add 1
נָפַלto fall 1
רָאָהto see 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

בֵּןson 1
אַףanger, nose 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

Names of People003001007: אֱלִיהוּ is the personal name borne by several figures, including Samuel's ancestor and one of Job's friends.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H453. Elihu אֱלִיהוּ Job 32:4 Job 32:3t.; אֱלִיהוּא Job 32:2 Job 32:6t.; proper name,…

H453. Elihu
אֱלִיהוּ Job 32:4 Job 32:3t.; אֱלִיהוּא Job 32:2 Job 32:6t.; proper name, masculine (He is (my) God)
a. the young friend of Job Job 32:2, Job 32:4, Job 32:5, Job 32:6; Job 34:1; Job 35:1; Job 36:1.
b. an Ephraimite, Samuel's great-grandfather 1Sa 1:1 compare אֱלִיאָב 1Ch 6:12, אֱלִיאֵל v.1Ch 6:19.
c. chief of Manasseh 1Ch 12:20.
d. a Korahite 1Ch 26:7.
e. one of the brethren of David 1Ch 27:18 (compare אֱלִיאָב 1Sa 16:6).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Names of People11 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0