אֶלְיָשִׁיב

Strong’s Definition

Eljashib, the name of six Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

from H410 (אֵל) and H7725 (שׁוּב); God will restore;

KJV Usage

Eliashib.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.a priest in david's reign
• 2.a descendant of david
• 3.a high priest in nehemiah's time
• 4.a temple singer with foreign wife
• 5.one of the line of zattu
• 6.one of the line of bani

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼElyâshîyb; Pronunciation: el-yaw-sheeb'