Lexical Definition

‎אֱלִיאֵל‎ ʼĔlîyʼêl (el-ee-ale') Eliel ^N:N-M-P
from ‎אֵל‎ repeated; God of (his) God

Eliel.

• § Eliel = "my God is God" or "El is God"
• Eliel, the name of nine Israelites

1) an ancestor of Samuel
2) chief in David's army (might be two or three different men)
3) a Levite with David in moving the ark
4) a chief of Manasseh
5) two chiefs of Benjamin
6) a chief Kohathite
7) a Levite

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֱלִיאֵל‎ proper name, masculine (El is God, or my God is God) only Chronicles
a. two or three of David's chiefs 1Chr 11:46; 1Chr 11:47; 1Chr 12:11*.
b. chief of Manasseh 1Chr 5:24.
c. two chiefs of Benjamin 1Chr 8:20; 1Chr 8:22.
d. chief of the Hebronites 1Chr 15:9; 1Chr 15:11.
e. a chief Kohathite 1Chr 6:19* = ‎אֱלִיאָב‎ v.1Chr 6:12* compare ‎אֱלִיהוּ‎ 1Sam 1:1. feminine a Levite 2Chr 31:13.

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