Lexical Definition

‎אֱלִיאָב‎ ʼĔlîyʼâb (el-ee-awb') Eliab ^N:N-M-P
from ‎אֵל‎ and ‎אָב‎; God of (his) father

Eliab.

• § Eliab = "my God is father" or "God is father"
• Eliab, the name of six Israelites

1) son of Helon, leader of Zebulun in the wilderness
2) a Reubenite chief, father of Dathan and Abiram
3) David's oldest brother
4) a Levite musician
5) a Gadite warrior for David
6) a Kohathite

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֱלִיאָב‎ proper name, masculine (God is father, compare ‎אֲבִיאֵל‎)
a. prince of Zebulon Num 1:9; Num 2:7; Num 7:24; Num 7:29; Num 10:16.
b. prince of Reuben Num 16:1; Num 16:12; Num 26:8; Num 26:9; Deut 11:6.
c. brother of David 1Sam 16:6; 1Sam 17:3; 1Sam 17:28 (twice in verse); 1Chr 2:13; 2Chr 11:18 (compare ‎אֱלִיהוּ‎ 1Chr 27:18).
d. a Kohathite 1Chr 6:12* = ‎אֱלִיאֵל‎ v.1Chr 6:19* compare ‎אֱלִיהוּ‎ 1Sam 1:1.
e. a Gadite 1Chr 12:9*. feminine Levite singer 1Chr 15:18; 1Chr 15:20; 1Chr 16:5.

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