Difference between revisions of "Eliphaz"

<li> The son of [[Esau]] by his wife Adah, and father of several Edomitish tribes (Genesis 36:4,10,11,16 ). <div> <p> [[Copyright]] StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated [[Bible]] Dictionary, [[Third]] Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Eliphaz'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/e/eliphaz.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> ("God for strength".) </p> <p> 1. Esau's son by Adah; Teman's father (Genesis 36:4; 1 Chronicles 1:35-36). </p> <p> 2. First of Job's three friends, the "Temanite," sprung from the former [[Eliphaz]] [[Teman]] answers to [[Edom]] (Jeremiah 49:20), part of [[Arabia]] Petraea. Calmer and less vehement against Job than [[Bildad]] and Zophar, but condemned at the end for the same error, in spite. of the facts of daily life, that God's retributions here are complete, and that severe trial proved Job's past piety to be but hypocrisy. God's unapproachable majesty and purity are well get forth by him (Job 4; Job 5:14-16). </p>