אֶלְיְהוֹעֵינַי

Strong’s Definition

Eljehoenai or Eljoenai, the name of seven Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

or (shortened) אֶלְיוֹעֵינַי; from H413 (אֵל) and H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H5869 (עַיִן); towards Jehovah (are) my eyes;

KJV Usage

Elihoenai, Elionai.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.a korahite temple doorkeeper, son of meshelemiah
• 2.two men with foreign wife during the exile; one a priest
• 3.a son of neariah
• 4.a simeonite
• 5.a benjamite, son of becher

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼElyᵉhôwʻêynay; Pronunciation: el-ye-ho-ay-nah'ee