Elizaphan

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Numbers 3:30; his descendants took a lead in religion under David and Hezekiah (1 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 29:13).

2. Prince of Zebulun, appointed by Moses to take part in apportioning Canaan (Numbers 34:25).

Holman Bible Dictionary

Numbers 3:301 Chronicles 15:82 Chronicles 29:132Numbers 34:25

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ELIZAPHAN . 1. Prince of the Kohathites ( Numbers 3:30 , 1 Chronicles 15:8 , 2 Chronicles 29:13 ) = Elzaphan ( Exodus 6:22 , Leviticus 10:4 P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ). 2. Zebulun’s representative for dividing the land ( Numbers 34:25 P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son ofUzziel, and a 'chief' of the Kohathites. Numbers 3:30; 1 Chronicles 15:8 . He is called ELZAPHANin Exodus 6:22; Leviticus 10:4 . With Mishael he had the painful duty of removing the dead bodies of Nadab and Abihu.

2. Son of Parnach and a prince of the tribe of Zebulun. Numbers 34:25 .

3. Father of certain Levites that assisted Hezekiah in cleansing the temple. 2 Chronicles 29:13 . Perhaps the same as No. 1.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Eliz'aphan. (whom God protects).

1. A Levite, son of Uzziel, chief of the house of the Kohathites, at the time of the census, in the wilderness of Sinai. Numbers 3:30. (B.C. 1491).

2. Prince of the tribe of Zebulun. Numbers 34:25.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

el -i -zā´fan , ē̇ -liz´a -fan ( אליצפן , 'ĕlı̄cāphān  ; Septuagint Ἐλεισαφάν , Eleisaphán , Ἐλισαφάν , Elisaphán , Ἐλισαφά , Elisaphá , Ἐλισαφάτ , Elisaphát , "God has protected"; compare צפניה , cephanyāh , Zephaniah, "Yah has protected," and the Phoenician, צפנבעל , "Baal has protected"):

(1) The son of Uzziel, the son of Kohath, and so a prince of the Levitical class of the Kohathites (Numbers 3:30; 1 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 29:13 ). But in 1 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 29:13 his class seems to be coördinate with that of the Kohathites. He is called Elzaphan in Exodus 6:22; Leviticus 10:4 .

(2) A "prince" or chief of Zebulun, who represented that tribe in the division of the land (Numbers 34:25 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrew Elitsaphan', אלִֵיצָפָּן, whom God has protected; Sept. Ε᾿λισαφάυ ), the name of two men. 1. Second son of Uzziel, and chief of the Kohathite Levites at the Exode (Numbers in, 30; Exodus 6:22). B.C. 1657. He, with his elder brother, was directed by Moses to carry away the corpses of their sacrilegious cousins Nadab and Abihu (Leviticus 10:4). In these two last-cited passages the name is written contracted into ELZAPHAN SEE ELZAPHAN . — His family was known and represented in the days of king David (1 Chronicles 15:8), and took part in the revival of Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 29:13).

2. Son of Parnoch, and phylarch (נָשִׂיא, "prince") of the tribe of Zebulon at the Exode, being one of the men appointed to assist Moses in apportioning the land of Canaan.