Dictionaries :: Elioenai

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Elioenai:

toward Jehovah are my eyes, the name of several men mentioned in the Old Testament (1Ch 7:8; 4:36; Ezr 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 (1Ch 3:23,24).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Elioenai:

toward him are mine eyes; or to him are my fountains

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Elioenai:

e-li-o-e'-na-i.

Nave's Topical Bible

Elioenai: Name Of

See also ELIHOENAI

Elioenai: 1. Son of Becher

1Ch 7:8

Elioenai: 2. A Chief of Simeon

1Ch 4:36

Elioenai: 3. A Priest

Ezr 10:22

Possibly identical with one mentioned in,

Neh 12:41.

Elioenai: 4. An Israelite

Ezr 10:27

Elioenai: 5. Son of Neariah

1Ch 3:23, 24

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Elioenai:

(my eyes are toward the Lord).

(1.) Eldest son of Neariah, the son of Shemaiah (1 Chronicles 3:23, 24).

(2.) Head of a family of the Simeonites (1 Chronicles 4:36). (B.C. after 1451)

(3.) Head of one of the families of the sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 7:8).

(4.) A Korhite Levite, and one of the doorkeepers of the "house of Jehovah." (1 Chronicles 26:3).

(5.) 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 Elihoenai (Ezra 8:4). SEE [ELIHOENAI].

(6.) An Israelite of the sons of Zattu, who had also married a foreign wife (Ezra 10:27). (B.C. 458)