King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H446
Transliteration: Eliab
Phonetic Spelling: (el-ee-awb')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "God is father", the name of several Israelites
Meaning: Eliab -- "God is father", the name of several Israelites
Word Summary
Eliab: "God is father", the name of several Israelites
Original Word: אֱלִיאָבTransliteration: Eliab
Phonetic Spelling: (el-ee-awb')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "God is father", the name of several Israelites
Meaning: Eliab -- "God is father", the name of several Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Eliab From 'el and 'ab; God of (his) father; Eliab, the name of six Israelites -- Eliab.
see HEBREW 'el
see HEBREW 'ab
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H446. Eliab
אֱלִיאָב proper name, masculine (God is father, compare אֲבִיאֵל)
a. prince of Zebulon Numbers 1:9; 2:7; 7:24, 29; 10:16.
b. prince of Reuben Numbers 16:1, 12; 26:8-9, Deuteronomy 11:6.
c. brother of David 1 Samuel 16:6; 17:3, 28 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 2:13; 2 Chronicles 11:18 (compare אֱלִיהוּ 1 Chronicles 27:18).
d. a Kohathite 1 Chronicles 6:12 = אֱלִיאֵל v.6:19 compare אֱלִיהוּ 1 Samuel 1:1.
e. a Gadite 1 Chronicles 12:9. feminine Levite singer 15:18, 20; 16:5.