Strong H475H475Nאֶלְיָשִׁיב
Eliashib
One of the 9 senses of Strong H475
- Transliteration
- 'elyâshîyb
- Pronunciation
- el-yaw-sheeb'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Eliashib = "God restores"
General definition
In the biblical story
Eliashib
High priest, father of Joiada and ancestor of Jaddua
Eliashib was the high priest, father of Joiada, and ancestor of Jaddua, who served as high priest during the time of Alexander the Great.
In the Bible
Strong H475N appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- eliashib4
First verses
- Nehemiah 12:10And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
- Nehemiah 12:22The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
- Nehemiah 12:23The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
- Nehemiah 13:28And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.