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Elihu

Also called Eliab and Eliel

Mentioned 1099–1041 BC traditional (Jones)

The son of Tohu, and grandfather of Elkanah (1 Sam. 1:1). He is called also Eliel (1 Chr. 6:34) and Eliab (6:27).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Nahath
Child
Jeroham
Tagged in
3 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Places

Places named in the same verses as Elihu, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Ramathaim-zophim1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1124–1016 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 3 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

3 tagged verses in 2 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. 1 Samuel1
  2. 1 Chronicles2

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBElihu 10Eliab 20Eliel 10
KJVElihu 11Eliab 21Eliel 10
ASVElihu 11Eliab 21Eliel 10

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 3 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

1 Samuel1 verse
  1. 1:1

    Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

1 Chronicles2 verses
  1. 6:27

    Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.

  2. 6:34

    the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

The son of Tohu, and grandfather of Elkanah (1 Sam. 1:1). He is called also Eliel (1 Chr. 6:34) and Eliab (6:27).