Elihu אֱלִיהוּ

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Elihu
אֱלִיהוּ
Transliterationelihu
Strong's numberH453 (H0453K, H0453G, H0453H, H0453I, H0453J)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossElihu
Occurrences11 in 11 verses
Most frequent inJob (7)

Elihu (Hebrew אֱלִיהוּ, Strong's H453) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Elihu”. It occurs 11 times.

Definition

H0453K: Elihu

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Job.32.2;
son of: Barachel (H1292)
§ Elihu = "He is my God"
1) the younger man who rebuked Job and his three friends
2) an Ephraimite, Samuel's great grandfather
3) a Manassite warrior chief for David
4) son of Shemaiah and Korhite gatekeeper
5) David's brother

H0453G: Elihu

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.1.1;
son of: Tohu (H8459);
father of: Jeroham (H3395); also called Eliab at 1Ch.6.27; Eliel at 1Ch.6.34;
§ Elihu = "He is my God"
1) the younger man who rebuked Job and his three friends
2) an Ephraimite, Samuel's great grandfather
3) a Manassite warrior chief for David
4) son of Shemaiah and Korhite gatekeeper
5) David's brother

H0453H: Elihu

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.12.20
§ Elihu = "He is my God"
1) the younger man who rebuked Job and his three friends
2) an Ephraimite, Samuel's great grandfather
3) a Manassite warrior chief for David
4) son of Shemaiah and Korhite gatekeeper
5) David's brother

H0453I: Elihu

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.26.7;
son of: Shemaiah (H8098I);
brother of: Othni (H6273), Rephael (H7501), Obed (H5744J), Elzabad (H0443H) and Semachiah (H5565)
§ Elihu = "He is my God"
1) the younger man who rebuked Job and his three friends
2) an Ephraimite, Samuel's great grandfather
3) a Manassite warrior chief for David
4) son of Shemaiah and Korhite gatekeeper
5) David's brother

H0453J: Elihu

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.27.18;
son of: Jesse (H3448);
brother of: David (H1732), Eliab (H0446I), Abinadab (H0041I), Shimeah (H8093), Nethanel (H5417H), Raddai (H7288), Zeruiah (H6870), Abigail (H0026H)(?) and Ozem (H0684)
§ Elihu = "He is my God"
1) the younger man who rebuked Job and his three friends
2) an Ephraimite, Samuel's great grandfather
3) a Manassite warrior chief for David
4) son of Shemaiah and Korhite gatekeeper
5) David's brother

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVelihu (11)
BSBelihu (10), he (1)

Verses

Every verse with Elihu, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Samuel

1 Chronicles

Job

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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