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Strong H4642 sensesאֱלִיפַז

Eliphaz

Transliteration
'ĕlîyphaz
Pronunciation
el-ee-faz'

Meaning of the name

Eliphaz = "my God is (fine) gold"

The 2 senses of Strong H464

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H464 appears in 14 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. The firstborn son of Esau.H464G8 verses · Genesis, 1 Chronicles
  2. A Temanite, one of Job's three friends.H464H6 verses · Job

General definition

From H410 and H6337; God of gold;
{Eliphaz} the name of one of Job´ s {friends} and of a son of Esau: - Eliphaz.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • eliphaz14

First verses

  1. Genesis 36:4
    And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
  2. Genesis 36:10
    These are the names of Esau’s sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
  3. Genesis 36:11
    And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
  4. Genesis 36:12
    And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.
  5. Genesis 36:15
    These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
  6. Genesis 36:16
    Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
  7. 1 Chronicles 1:35
    The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
  8. 1 Chronicles 1:36
    The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
  9. Job 2:11
    Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
  10. Job 4:1
    Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
  11. Job 15:1
    Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
  12. Job 22:1
    Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
  13. Job 42:7
    And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
  14. Job 42:9
    So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the Lord commanded them: the Lord also accepted Job.