אֱלִיאָב

Strong’s Definition

Eliab, the name of six Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

from H410 (אֵל) and H1 (אָב); God of (his) father;

KJV Usage

Eliab.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.son of helon, leader of zebulun in the wilderness
• 2.a reubenite chief, father of dathan and abiram
• 3.david's oldest brother
• 4.a levite musician
• 5.a gadite warrior for david
• 6.a kohathite

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼĔlîyʼâb; Pronunciation: el-ee-awb'