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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Eliab:

to whom God is father. (1.) A Reubenite, son of Pallu (Num 16:1,12; 26:8,9; Deu 11:6).

(2.) A son of Helon, and chief of the tribe of Zebulun at the time of the census in the wilderness (Num 1:9; 2:7).

(3.) The son of Jesse, and brother of David (1Sa 16:6). It was he who spoke contemptuously to David when he proposed to fight Goliath (1Sa 17:28).

(4.) One of the Gadite heroes who joined David in his stronghold in the wilderness (1Ch 12:9).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Eliab:

God is my father; God is the father

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Eliab:

e-li'-ab ('eli'abh, "God is father"):

(1) Prince of the tribe of Zebulun in the Exodus (Nu 1:9; 2:7; 7:24,29; 10:16).

(2) A Reubenite, father of Dathan and Abiram (Nu 16:11,12; 26:8 f; De 11:6).

(3) Eldest son of Jesse and brother of David (1Sa 16:6), once called Elihu (1Ch 27:18). He was of commanding appearance (1Sa 16:6) and when serving with Saul's army at the time when it was confronting the Philistines and Goliath, was inclined to lord it over his brother David (1Sa 17:28 f). His daughter Abihail became a Wife of Rehoboam (2Ch 11:18).

(4) An Ephraimite, an ancestor of Samuel (1Ch 6:27); called Eliel in 1Ch 6:34, and Elihu in 1Sa 1:1.

(5) A Gadire warrior with David (1Ch 12:9), one of 11 mighty men (1Ch 12:8,14).

(6) A Levite musician (1Ch 15:18,20; 16:5).

(7) An ancestor of Judith (#/APC Judith 8:1; compare #/APC Judith 9:2).

Written by F. K. Farr

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Eliab:

(God is my father).

(1.) Son of Helon and leader of the tribe of Zebulun at the time of the census in the wilderness of Sinai (Numbers 1:9; 2:7; 7:24, 29; 10:16). (B.C. 1490)

(2.) A Reubenite, father of Dathan and Abiram (Numbers 16:1; 16:12; 26:8-9; 11:6).

(3.) One of David's brothers, the eldest of the family (1 Samuel 16:6; 17:13; 17:28; 1 Chronicles 2:13). (B.C. 1063)

(4.) A Levite in the time of David, who was both a "porter" and a musician on the "psaltery" (1 Chronicles 15:18; 15:20; 16:5).

(5.) One of the warlike Gadite leaders who came over to David when he was in the wilderness taking refuge from Saul (1 Chronicles 12:9). (B.C. 1061)

(6.) An ancestor of Samuel the prophet; a Kohathite Levite, son of Nahath (1 Chronicles 6:27). (B.C. 1250)

(7.) Son of Nathanael, one of the fore‐fathers of Judith, and therefore belonging to the tribe of Simeon (Judith 8:1).

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