Lexical Definition

‎אֶלְיְהוֹעֵינַי‎ ʼElyᵉhôwʻêynay (el-ye-ho-ay-nah'ee) Eliehoenai ^N:N-M-P
or (shortened) אֶלְיוֹעֵינַי ʼElyôwʻêynay (el-yo-ay-nah'ee); from ‎אֵל‎ and ‎יְהֹוָה‎ and ‎עַיִן‎; towards Jehovah (are) my eyes

Elihoenai, Elionai.

• § Elioenai or Elihoenai = "unto Jehovah are my eyes"
• Eljehoenai or Eljoenai, the name of seven Israelites

1) a Korahite temple doorkeeper, son of Meshelemiah
2) two men with foreign wife during the exile; one a priest
3) a son of Neariah
4) a Simeonite
5) a Benjamite, son of Becher

See Greek: Ἐσλί

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.27

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֶלְיְהוֺעֵינַי‎ proper name, masculine (unto ‎׳‎‎י‎ are mine eyes)

1. a Korahite 1Chr 26:3.

2. a returning exile Ezra 8:4.

‎אֶלְיוֺעֵינַי‎ proper name, masculine (id.)

1. a descendant of David 1Chr 3:23; 1Chr 3:24.

2. a Simeonite ‎אֶלְיוֺעֵנַי‎ 1Chr 4:36.

3. a Benjamite (id.) 1Chr 7:8.

4. priests in time of Ezra
(a) Ezra 10:22
(b) Ezra 10:27 (‎אֶלְיוֺעֵנַי‎);
(c) Neh 12:41.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Book	Refs
1 Chronicles	3:23 · 3:24 · 4:36 · 7:8 · 26:3
Ezra	8:4 · 10:22 · 10:27
Nehemiah	12:41

Profile

Male • Returned divorcee • An Israelite who married a foreign woman.

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Elioenai was an Israelite who married a foreign woman during the Babylonian exile (Ezr.10.27).

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.27;
• only referred to as Elioenai אֶלְיְהוֹעֵינַי.

Elioenai is listed in the Book of Ezra as one of the Israelites who had married foreign women during the Babylonian exile (Ezr.10.27). After the return to Jerusalem, Ezra discovered that many Israelites had intermarried with the neighboring peoples, which was a violation of God's command. Elioenai was among those who had taken foreign wives, but he agreed to put away his wife as part of the covenant renewal led by Ezra.

All entries for Elioenai: אֶלְיְהוֹעֵינַי