אֱלִיאָב
ʼĔlîyʼâb · el-ee-awb'
Eliab, the name of six Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H410 (אֵל) and H1 (אָב); God of (his) father;
Eliab, the name of six Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Eliab.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › strength, the leader › the house, what is within
Strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works of strength, the leader of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֱלִיאָב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- eliab7 · 33%
- of eliab6 · 29%
- and eliab4 · 19%
- was eliab1 · 5%
- on eliab1 · 5%
- were eliab1 · 5%
- and eliab's1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.