Dict: smith - ELI

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ELI - E>@ - (ascension), a descendant of Aaron through Ithamar, the youngest of his two surviving sons. kjv@Leviticus:10:1-2 kjv@Leviticus:10:12) comp. 1Kin 2:27 with 2Sam kjv@8:17; 1Chr 24:3 (B.C. 1214-1116.) he was the first of the line of Ithamar who held the office of high priest. The office remained in his family till Abiathar was thrust out by Solomon, (Kings:1:7; kjv@2:26-27) when it passed back again to the family of Eleazar int he person of Zadok. (Kings:2:35) Its return to the elder branch was one part of the punishment which had been denounced against Eli during his lifetime, for his culpable negligence. ( kjv@1Samuel:2:22-25) when his sons profaned the priesthood; comp. ( kjv@1Samuel:2:27-36) with 1Kin 2:27 Notwithstanding this one great blemish, the character of Eli is marked by eminent piety, as shown by his meek submission to the divine judgment, ( kjv@1Samuel:3:18) and his supreme regard for the ark of God. ( kjv@1Samuel:4:18) In addition to the office of high priest he held that of judge. He died at the advanced age of 98 years, ( kjv@1Samuel:4:18) In addition to the office of high priest he held that of judge. He died at the advanced age of 98 years, ( kjv@1Samuel:4:18) overcome by the disastrous intelligence that the ark of God had been taken in battle by the Philistines, who had also slain his sons Hophni and Phinehas.

ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI - E>@ - The Hebrew form, as Eloi, Eloi, etc., is the Syro
- Chaldaic (the common language in use by the Jews in the time of Christ) of the first words of the twenty-second Psalm; they mean "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?"

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

ELIADA - E>@ - (known by God). One of David’s sons; according to the lists, the youngest but one of the family born to him after his establishment in Jerusalem. (2 Samuel kjv@5:16; 1Chronicles:3:8) (B.C. after 1033.) A mighty man of war, a Benjamite, who led 200,000 of his tribe to the army of Jehoshaphat. ( kjv@2Chronicles:17:17) (B.C. 945.)

ELIADAH - E>@ - father of Rezon, the captain of a marauding band that annoyed Solomon. (Kings:11:23)

ELIAH - E>@ - (my God is Jehovah). A Benjamite, a chief man of the tribe. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:27) One of the Bene
- Elam, an Israelite (i.e. a layman) who had married a foreign wife. kjv@Ezra:10:26)

ELIAHBA - E>@ - (whom God hides), on of the thirty of David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:32; kjv@1Chronicles:11:33) (B.C. 1046.)

ELIAKIM - E>@ - (raised up by God.). Son of Hilkiah, master of Hezekiah’s household ("over the house," as) kjv@Isaiah:36:3) ( kjv@2Kings:18:18 kjv@2Kings:18:26,37) (B.C. 713.) Eliakim was a good man, as appears by the title emphatically applied to him by God, "my servant Eliakim," kjv@Isaiah:22:20) and also in the discharge of the duties of his high station, in which he acted as a "father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah." kjv@Isaiah:22:21) The original name of Jehoiakim king of Judah. ( kjv@2Kings:23:34; kjv@2Chronicles:36:4) A priest in the days of Nehemiah, who assisted at the dedication of the new wall of Jerusalem. kjv@Nehemiah:12:41) (B.C. 446.) Eldest son of Abiud or Judah; brother of Joseph, and father of Azor. kjv@Matthew:1:13) son of Melea, and father of Jonan. kjv@Luke:3:30-31)

ELIAM - E>@ - (God’s people.). Father of Bath-sheba, the wife of David. (11:3) One of David’s "thirty" warriors. (2 Samuel 23:34)

ELIAS - E>@ - the Greek form of Elijah.

ELIASAPH - E>@ - Head of the tribe of Dan at the time of the census in the wilderness of Sinai. kjv@Numbers:1:14 kjv@Numbers:2:14 kjv@Numbers:7:42 -47; 10:20) (B.C. 1490.) A levite, and "chief of the Gershonites" at the same time. kjv@Numbers:3:24)

ELIASHIB - E>@ - (whom God restores). A priest in the time of King David eleventh in the order of the "governors" of the sanctuary. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:12) One of the latest descendants of the royal family of Judah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:24) High priest at Jerusalem at the time of the rebuilding of the walls under Nehemiah. kjv@Nehemiah:3:1-20-21) (B.C. 446.) A singer in the time of Ezra who had married a foreign wife. kjv@Ezra:10:24) A son of Zattu, kjv@Ezra:10:27) and A son of Bani, kjv@Ezra:10:36) both of whom had transgressed in the same manner. (B.C. 458.)

ELIATHAH - E>@ - (to whom God comes), a musician in the temple in the time of King David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:25:4 kjv@1Chronicles:25:27)

ELIDAD - E>@ - (whom God loves), the man chosen to represent the tribe of Benjamin in the division of the land of Canaan. kjv@Numbers:34:21) (B.C. 1452.)

ELIEL - E>@ - (to whom God is strength). One of the heads of the tribe of Manasseh on the east of Jordan. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:24) A forefather of Samuel the prophet. ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:34) A chief man in the tribe of Benjamin. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:20) Also a Benjamite chief. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:22) One of the heroes of David’s guard. ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:46) Another of the same guard. ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:47) One of the Gadite heroes who came across Jordan to David when he was in the wilderness of Judah hiding from Saul. ( kjv@1Chronicles:12:11) A Kohathite Levite at the time of transportation of the ark from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem. ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:9-11) (B.C. 1043.) A Levite in the time of Hezekiah; one of the overseers of the offerings made in the temple. ( kjv@2Chronicles:31:13) (B.C. 726.)

ELIENAI - E>@ - (my eyes are toward God) a descendant of Benjamin, and a chief man in the tribe. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:20)

ELIEZAR - E>@ - (God is his help). Abraham’s chief servant, called by him "Eliezer of Damascus." kjv@Genesis:15:2) (B.C. 1857.) Second son of Moses and Zipporah (B.c. 1523), to whom his father gave this name because "the God of my father was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh." kjv@Exodus:18:4; kjv@1Chronicles:23:15-17 kjv@1Chronicles:26:25) One of the sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:8) A priest in the reign of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:24) Son of Zichri, ruler of the Reubenites in the reign of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:16) Son of Dodavah, of Mareshah in Judah, ( kjv@2Chronicles:20:37) a prophet, who rebuked Jehoshaphat for joining himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. (B.C. 895.) A chief Israelite whom Ezra sent with others from Ahava to Cesiphia, to induce some Levites and Nethinim to accompany him to Jerusalem. kjv@Ezra:8:16) (B.C. 459.) 8-9-10. A priest, a Levite and an Israelite of the sons of Harim, who had married foreign wives. kjv@Ezra:10:18 kjv@Ezra:10:23,31) Son of Jorim, in the genealogy of Christ. kjv@Luke:3:29)

ELIHOENAI - E>@ - (my eyes are toward Jehovah), son of Zerahiah, who with 200 men returned from the captivity with Ezra. kjv@Ezra:8:4) (B.C. 459.)

ELIHOREPH - E>@ - (God is his reward), one of Solomon’s scribes. (Kings:4:3)

ELIHU - E>@ - (whose God is he (Jehovah)). One of the interlocutors in the book of Job. JOB, JOB, BOOK OF He is described as the "son of Baerachel the Buzite." A forefather of Samuel the prophet. ( kjv@1Samuel:1:1) In ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:18) Elihu "of the brethren of David" is mentioned as the chief of the tribe of Judah. One of the captains of the thousands of Manasseh, ( kjv@1Chronicles:12:20) who followed David to Ziklag after he had left the Philistine army on the eve of the battle of Gilboa. A Korhite Levite in the time of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:26:7)

ELIJAH - E>@ - (my God is Jehovah) has been well entitled "the grandest and the most romantic character that Israel ever produced." "Elijah the Tishbite,... of the inhabitants of Gilead" is literally all that is given us to know of his parentage and locality. Of his appearance as he "stood before" Ahab (B.C. 910) with the suddenness of motion to this day characteristic of the Bedouins from his native hills, we can perhaps realize something from the touches, few but strong, of the narrative. His chief characteristic was his hair, long and thick, and hanging down his back. His ordinary clothing consisted of a girdle of skin round his loins, which he tightened when about to move quickly. (Kings:18:46) But in addition to this he occasionally wore the "mantle" or cape of sheepskin which has supplied us with one of our most familiar figures of speech. His introduction, in what we may call the first act of his life, is the most startling description. He suddenly appears before Ahab, prophesies a three-years drought in Israel, and proclaims the vengeance of Jehovah for the apostasy of the king. Obliged to flee from the vengeance of king, or more probably of the queen (comp. (Kings:19:2) he was directed to the brook Cherith. There in the hollow of the torrent bed he remained, supported in the miraculous manner with which we are all familiar, till the failing of the brook obliged him to forsake it. His next refuge was at Zarephath. Here in the house of the widow woman Elijah performed the miracles of prolonging the oil and the meal, and restored the son of the widow to life after his apparent death. 1Kin 17. In this or some other retreat an interval of more than two years must have elapsed. The drought continued, and at last the full horrors of famine, caused by the failure of the crops, descended on Samaria. Again Elijah suddenly appears before Ahab. There are few more sublime stories in history than the account of the succeeding events
with the servant of Jehovah and his single attendant on the one hand, and the 850 prophets of Baal on the other; the altars, the descending fire of Jehovah consuming both sacrifice and altar; the rising storm, and the ride across the plain to Jezreel. 1Kin 18. Jezebel vows vengeance, and again Elijah takes refuge in flight into the wilderness, where he is again miraculously fed, and goes forward, in the strength of that food, a journey of forty days to the mount of God, even to Horeb, where he takes refuge in a cave, and witnesses a remarkable vision of Jehovah. (Kings:19:9-18) He receives the divine communication, and sets forth in search of Elisha, whom he finds ploughing in the field, and anoints him prophet in his place. ch. 19. For a time little is heard of Elijah, and Ahab and Jezebel probably believed they had seen the last of him. But after the murder of Naboth, Elijah, who had received an intimation from Jehovah of what was taking place, again suddenly appears before the king, and then follow Elijah’s fearful denunciation of Ahab and Jezebel, which may possibly be recovered by putting together the words recalled by Jehu, ( kjv@2Kings:9:26 kjv@2Kings:9:36-37) and those given in (Kings:21:19-25) A space of three or four years now elapses (comp. (Kings:22:1,51; kjv@2Kings:1:17) before we again catch a glimpse of Elijah. Ahaziah is on his death-bed, (Kings:22:51; kjv@2Kings:1:1-2) and sends to an oracle or shrine of Baal to ascertain the issue of his illness; but Elijah suddenly appears on the path of the messengers, without preface or inquiry utters his message of death, and as rapidly disappears. The wrathful king sends two bands of soldiers to seize Elijah, and they are consumed with fire; but finally the prophet goes down and delivers to Ahaziah’s face the message of death. No long after Elijah sent a message to Jehoram denouncing his evil doings, and predicting his death. ( kjv@2Chronicles:21:12-15) It was at Gilgal
probably on the western edge of the hills of Ephraim
that the prophet received the divine intimation that his departure was at hand. He was at the time with Elisha, who seems now to have become his constant companion, and who would not consent to leave him. "And it came to pass as they still went on and talked, that, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." (B.C. 896.) Fifty men of the sons of the prophets ascended the abrupt heights behind the town, and witnessed the scene. How deep was the impression which he made on the mind of the nation may be judged of from the fixed belief which many centuries after prevailed that Elijah would again appear for the relief and restoration of his country, as Malachi prophesied. kjv@Malachi:4:5) He spoke, but left no written words, save the letter to Jehoram king of Judah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:21:12-15)

ELIKA - E>@ - (rejected of God), a Harodite, one of David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:25)

ELIM - E>@ - (strong trees), kjv@Exodus:15:27; kjv@Numbers:33:9) the second station where the Israelites encamped after crossing the Red Sea. It is distinguished as having had "twelve wells (rather ’fountains’) of waster, and three-score and ten palm trees." It is generally identified by the best authorities with Wady Garundel , about halfway down the shore of the Gulf of Suez. A few palm trees still remain, and the water is excellent.

ELIMELECH - E>@ - (my God is king), a man of the tribe of Judah and of the family of the Hezronites, who dwelt in Bethlehem
- Ephratah in the days of the Judges. (B.C. 1312.) In consequence of a great death in the land he went with his wife, Naomi, and his two sons, Mahlon and Chilion, to dwell in Moab, where he and his sons died without posterity. kjv@Ruth:1:2-3) etc.

ELIOENAI - E>@ - (my eyes are toward the Lord). Elsest son of Neariah, the son of Shemaiah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:23-24) Head of a family of the Simeonites. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:36) (B.C. after 1451.) Head of one of the families of the sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:8) A Korhite Levite, and one of the doorkeepers of the "house of Jehovah." ( kjv@1Chronicles:26:3) A priest in the days of Ezra, one of those who had married foreign wives. kjv@Ezra:10:22) (B.C. 446.) Possibly the same as An Israelite of the sons of Zattu, who had also married a foreign wife. kjv@Ezra:10:27) (B.C. 458.)

ELIPHAL - E>@ - (whom God judges), son of Ur, one of David’s guard. ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:35) ELIPHELET, 3

ELIPHALET - E>@ - (the god of deliverance), the last of the thirteen sons born to David after his establishment in Jerusalem. (2 Samuel kjv@5:16; 1Chronicles:14:7) ELIPHELET, 2

ELIPHAZ - E>@ - (God is his strength). The son of Esau and Adah, and the father of Teman. kjv@Genesis:36:4; kjv@1Chronicles:1:35-36) The chief of the "three friends" of Job. He is called "the Temanite;" hence it is naturally inferred that he was a descendant of Teman. On him falls the main burden of the argument, that God’s retribution in this world is perfect and certain, and that consequently suffering must be a proof of previous sin. Job:4-5,15,22. The great truth brought out by him is the unapproachable majesty and purity of God. kjv@Job:4:12-21 kjv@Job:15:12-16) JOB, JOB, BOOK OF

ELIPHELEH - E>@ - (whom God makes distinguished), a Merarite Levite, one of the gate-keepers appointed by David to play on the harp "on the Sheminith" on the occasion of bringing up the ark to the city of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:18 kjv@1Chronicles:15:21)

ELIPHELET - E>@ - (the God of deliverance). The name of a son of David, one of the children born to him after his establishment in Jerusalem. ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:6) (B.C. after 1044.) Another son of David, belonging also to the Jerusalem family, and apparently the last of his sons. ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:8) One of the thirty warriors of David’s guard. (2 Samuel 23:34) Son of Eshek, a descendant of King Saul through Jonathan. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:39) (B.C. before 536.) One of the leaders of the Bene
- Adonikam who returned from Babylon with Ezra. kjv@Ezra:8:13) (B.C. 459.) A man of the Bene
- Hushum in the time of Ezra who had married a foreign wife. kjv@Ezra:10:33) (B.C. 458).

ELISABETH - E>@ - (the oath of God), the wife of Zacharias and mother of John the Baptist. She was herself of the priestly family, and a relation, kjv@Luke:1:36) of the mother of our Lord.

ELISEUS - E>@ - the Greek form of the name Elisha.

ELISHA - E>@ - (God his salvation), son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah; the attendant and disciple of Elijan, and subsequently his successor as prophet of the kingdom of Israel. The earliest mention of his name is in the command to Elijah in the cave at Horeb. (Kings:19:16-17) (B.C. about 900.) Elijah sets forth to obey the command, and comes upon his successor engaged in ploughing. He crosses to him and throws over his shoulders the rough mantle
a token at once of investiture with the prophet’s office and of adoption as a son. Elisha delayed merely to give the farewell kiss to his father and mother and preside at a parting feast with his people, and then followed the great prophet on his northward road. We hear nothing more of Elisha for eight years, until the translation of his master, when he reappears, to become the most prominent figure in the history of his country during the rest of his long life. In almost every respect Elisha presents the most complete contrast to Elijah. Elijah was a true Bedouin child of the desert. If he enters a city it is only to deliver his message of fire and be gone. Elisha, on the other hand, is a civilized man, an inhabitant of cities. His dress was the ordinary garment of an Israelite, the beged , probably similar in form to the long abbeyeh of the modern Syrians. ( kjv@2Kings:2:12) His hair was worn trimmed behind, in contrast to the disordered locks of Elijah, and he used a walking-staff, ( kjv@2Kings:4:29) of the kind ordinarily carried by grave or aged citizens. kjv@Zechariah:8:4) After the departure of his master, Elisha returned to dwell at Jericho, ( kjv@2Kings:2:18) where he miraculously purified the springs. We next meet with Elisha at Bethel, in the heart of the country, on his way from Jericho to Mount Carmel. ( kjv@2Kings:2:23) The mocking children, Elisha’s curse and the catastrophe which followed are familiar to all. Later he extricates Jehoram king of Israel, and the kings of Judah and Edom, from their difficulty in the campaign against Moab arising from want of water. ( kjv@2Kings:3:4-27) Then he multiplies the widow’s oil. ( kjv@2Kings:4:5) The next occurrence is at Shunem, where he is hospitably entertained by a woman of substance, whose son dies, and is brought to life again by Elisha. ( kjv@2Kings:4:8-37) Then at Gilgal he purifies the deadly pottage, ( kjv@2Kings:4:38-41) and multiplies the loaves. ( kjv@2Kings:4:42-44) The simple records of these domestic incidents amongst the sons of the prophets are now interrupted by an occurrence of a more important character. ( kjv@2Kings:5:1-27) The chief captain of the army of Syria, Naaman, is attacked with leprosy, and is sent by an Israelite maid to the prophet Elisha, who directs him to dip seven times in the Jordan, which he does and is healed, ( kjv@2Kings:5:1-14) while Naaman’s servant, Gehazi, he strikes with leprosy for his unfaithfulness. ch. ( kjv@2Kings:5:20-27) Again the scene changes. It is probably at Jericho that Elisha causes the iron axe to swim. ( kjv@2Kings:6:1-7) A band of Syrian marauders are sent to seize him, but are struck blind, and he misleads them to Samaria, where they find themselves int he presence of the Israelite king and his troops. ( kjv@2Kings:6:8-23) During the famine in Samaria, ( kjv@2Kings:6:24-33) he prophesied incredible plenty, ch. ( kjv@2Kings:7:1-2) which was soon fulfilled. ch. ( kjv@2Kings:7:3-20) We next find the prophet at Damascus. Benhadad the king is sick, and sends to Elisha by Hazael to know the result. Elisha prophesies the king’s death, and announces to Hazael that he is to succeed to the throne. ( kjv@2Kings:8:7 kjv@2Kings:8:15) Finally this prophet of God, after having filled the position for sixty years, is found on his death-bed in his own house. ( kjv@2Kings:13:14-19) The power of the prophet, however, does not terminate with his death. Even in the tomb he restores the dead to life. ch. ( kjv@2Kings:13:21)

ELISHAH - E>@ - (God is salvation), the eldest son of Javan. kjv@Genesis:10:4) The residence of his descendants is described in kjv@Ezekiel:27:7) as the isles of Elishah, whence the Phoenicians obtained their purple and blue dyes. Some connect the race of Elishah with the AEolians, others with Elishah, and in a more extended sense Peloponnesus, or even Hellas.

ELISHAMA - E>@ - (whom God hears). The "prince" or "captain" of the tribe of Ephraim in the wilderness of Sinai. kjv@Numbers:1:10 kjv@Numbers:2:18 kjv@Numbers:7:48 ; 10:22) (B.C. 1491.) From ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:26) we find that he was grandfather to the great Joshua. A son of King David. ( kjv@1Samuel:5:16; kjv@1Chronicles:3:8 kjv@1Chronicles:14:7) Another son of David, ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:6) who in the other lists is called ELISHUA. (B.C. after 1044.) A descendant of Judah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:41) The father of Nethaniah and grandfather of Ishmael. ( kjv@2Kings:25:25; kjv@Jeremiah:41:1) Scribe of King Jehoiakim. kjv@Jeremiah:36:12 kjv@Jeremiah:36:20-21) (B.C. 605.) A priest in the time of Jehoshaphat. ( kjv@2Chronicles:17:8) (B.C. 912).

ELISHAPHAT - E>@ - (whom God judges), son of Zichri; one of the captains of hundreds in the time of Jehoiada. ( kjv@2Chronicles:23:1) (B.C. 877.)

ELISHEBA - E>@ - (God is her oath), the wife of Aaron. kjv@Exodus:6:23) She was the daughter of Amminadab, and sister of Nahshon the captain of the host of Judah. kjv@Numbers:2:3) (B.C. 1491.)

ELISHUA - E>@ - (God is my salvation), one of David’s sons, born after his settlement in Jerusalem. (2 Samuel kjv@5:15; 1Chronicles:14:5) (B.C. 1044.)

ELIUD - E>@ - (God his praise), son of Achim in the genealogy of Christ. kjv@Matthew:1:15)

ELIZAPHAN - E>@ - (whom God protects). A Levite, son of Uzziel, chief of the house of the Kohathites at the time of the census in the wilderness of Sinai. kjv@Numbers:3:30) (B.C. 1491.) Prince of the tribe of Zebulun. kjv@Numbers:34:25)

ELIZUR - E>@ - prince of the tribe and over the host of Reuben. kjv@Numbers:1:5 kjv@Numbers:2:10 kjv@Numbers:7:30 ,35; 10:18)