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.10.27

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 divorcee • Israelite who married a foreign woman during Ezra's time

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Eliashib was an Israelite who married a foreign woman during the time of Ezra's reforms.

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

Eliashib is mentioned in Ezra 10:27 as one of the descendants of Zattu who had married foreign women. During the time of Ezra, many Israelites had intermarried with the pagan inhabitants of the land. Ezra called for a reform, urging those who had married foreign wives to separate from them. Eliashib was among the Israelites who had taken foreign wives, contrary to God's law. As part of the reform, Eliashib and the other Israelites pledged to put away their foreign wives and children.

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