Lexical Definition

‎אֶלְיָשִׁיב‎ ʼElyâshîyb (el-yaw-sheeb') Eliashib ^N:N-M-P
from ‎אֵל‎ and ‎שׁוּב‎; God will restore

Eliashib.

• § Eliashib = "God restores"
• Eljashib, the name of six Israelites

1) a priest in David's reign
2) a descendant of David
3) a high priest in Nehemiah's time
4) a temple singer with foreign wife
5) one of the line of Zattu
6) one of the line of Bani

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.6
• father of: Jehohanan (יְהוֹחָנָן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֶלְיָשִׁיב‎ proper name, masculine (God restores, compare Nes^{Eg 194 &} Sabean ‎תֿובאל‎ DHM^{ZMG 1883, 16})
a. a descendant of David 1Chr 3:24.
b. priest of David's time 1Chr 24:12.
c. high priest of Nehemiah's time Ezra 10:6; Neh 3:1; Neh 3:20; Neh 3:21 (twice in verse); Neh 12:10 (twice in verse); Neh 12:12; Neh 12:23; Neh 13:4; Neh 13:7; Neh 13:28.
d. a singer Ezra 10:24.
e. one of the line of Zattu Ezra 10:27. feminine one of the line of Bani Ezra 10:36.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Returned priest • Priest during Ezra's time, associated with Jehohanan's chamber

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Eliashib was a priest during Ezra's time who was associated with Jehohanan's chamber.

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.6;
• only referred to as Eliashib אֶלְיָשִׁיב;
• father of Jehohanan יְהוֹחָנָן.

Eliashib is mentioned in Ezra 10:6 as a priest associated with the chamber of Jehohanan, the son of Eliashib. This reference occurs in the context of Ezra's reforms, particularly addressing the issue of intermarriage between the Israelites and foreign women. Ezra went to the chamber of Jehohanan to fast and mourn over the unfaithfulness of the exiles who had married foreign women. The chamber of Jehohanan likely refers to a room within the temple complex.

All entries for Eliashib: אֶלְיָשִׁיב

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• Jehohanan (child)