Lexical Definition

‎אֶלְיָדָע‎ ʼElyâdâʻ (el-yaw-daw') Eliada ^N:N-M-P
from ‎אֵל‎ and ‎יָדַע‎; God (is) knowing

Eliada.

• § Eliadah or Eliada = "God knows"
• Eljada, the name of two Israelites and of an Aramaean leader

1) a son of David
2) a Benjamite warrior chief
3) an Aramean, the father of an enemy of Solomon

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֶלְיָדָע‎ proper name, masculine (God knows, compare ‎דְּעוּאֵל‎, Sabean ‎אלידע‎ Hal²⁰⁹)
a. son of David 2Sam 5:16; 1Chr 3:8 = ‎בעלידע‎ 1Chr 14:7 which perhaps read here, compare Dr^Sm.
b. father of an adversary of Solomon 1Kgs 11:23 =
c. chief of Benjamin 2Chr 17:17.

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