Strong H446H446Hאֱלִיאָב

Eliab

Transliteration: 'ĕlîy'âb
Pronunciation: el-ee-awb'
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man of the tribe of Reuben living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.16.1;
son of: Pallu (H6396);
father of: Dathan (H1885), Abiram (H48) and Nemuel (H5241)

Meaning of the name

Eliab = "my God is father" or "God is father"

General definition

From H410 and H1; God of (his) father;
{Eliab} the name of six Israelites: - Eliab.

In the biblical story

Eliab

Reubenite, father of Dathan and Abiram

Eliab, a Reubenite, was the father of Dathan and Abiram, who rebelled against Moses.

In the Bible

Strong H446H appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

eliab5

First verses

Numbers 16:1
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
Numbers 16:12
And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
Numbers 26:8
And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
Numbers 26:9
And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the Lord:
Deuteronomy 11:6
And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:

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