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Elioenai
Toward Jehovah are my eyes, the name of several men mentioned in the Old Testament (1 Chr. 7:8; 4:36; Ezra 10:22, 27). Among these was the eldest son of Neariah, son of Shemaiah, of the descendants of Zerubbabel. His family are the latest mentioned in the Old Testament (1 Chr. 3:23, 24).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(my eyes are toward the Lord).
Elsest son of Neariah, the son of Shemaiah. (1 Chronicles 3:23,24) Head of a family of the Simeonites. (1 Chronicles 4:36) (B.C. after 1451.) Head of one of the families of the sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 7:8) A Korhite Levite, and one of the doorkeepers of the “house of Jehovah.” (1 Chronicles 26:3) A priest in the days of Ezra, one of those who had married foreign wives. (Ezra 10:22) (B.C. 446.) Possibly the same as An Israelite of the sons of Zattu, who had also married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:27) (B.C. 458.)
In the Bible
8
Verses where Elioenai is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 3:23
The sons of Neariah: Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam—three in all.
- 1 Chronicles 3:24
The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven in all.
- 1 Chronicles 4:36
Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,
- 1 Chronicles 7:8
The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons.
- 1 Chronicles 26:3
Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, and Eliehoenai the seventh.
- Ezra 10:22
From the descendants of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
+2 more verses naming Elioenai.
Scripture on Elioenai
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Elioenai references
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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