Strong H446H446Iאֱלִיאָב
Eliab
One of the 6 senses of Strong H446
- Transliteration
- 'ĕlîy'âb
- Pronunciation
- el-ee-awb'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.16.6;
son of: Jesse (H3448);
brother of: David (H1732), Abinadab (H41I), Shimeah (H8093), Nethanel (H5417H), Raddai (H7288), Ozem (H684), Zeruiah (H6870), Abigail (H26H)(?) and Elihu (H453J);
father of: Abihail (H32J)
son of: Jesse (H3448);
brother of: David (H1732), Abinadab (H41I), Shimeah (H8093), Nethanel (H5417H), Raddai (H7288), Ozem (H684), Zeruiah (H6870), Abigail (H26H)(?) and Elihu (H453J);
father of: Abihail (H32J)
Meaning of the name
Eliab = "my God is father" or "God is father"
General definition
In the biblical story
Eliab
Eldest brother of King David
Eliab was the eldest brother of King David and the son of Jesse.
In the Bible
Strong H446I appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- eliab5
- s1
First verses
- 1 Samuel 16:6And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him.
- 1 Samuel 17:13And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
- 1 Samuel 17:28And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
- 1 Chronicles 2:13And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
- 2 Chronicles 11:18And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;