Elioenai

Easton's Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 7:8 4:36 Ezra 10:22,27 1 Chronicles 3:23,24

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("toward Jehovah my eyes are turned".)

1. 1 Chronicles 7:8.

2. 1 Chronicles 4:36.

3. 1 Chronicles 26:3.

4. In the seventh generation from Zerubbabel, contemporary with Alexander the Great, but the Hebrew ( 1 Chronicles 3:23-24) is probably an error, and Shemaiah, grandfather of Elioenai and father of Neariah, Elioenai's father, is probably Shimei, Zerubbabel's brother.

5. Ezra 10:22; compare Nehemiah 12:41.

6. Ezra 10:27; Nehemiah 7:13; Nehemiah 10:14.

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 3:23-24 2 1 Chronicles 4:36 3 1 Chronicles 7:8 4 Ezra 10:22 5 Ezra 10:27 6 Nehemiah 12:41

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ELIOENAI . 1. A Simeonite chief ( 1 Chronicles 4:36 ). 2. A Benjamite ( 1 Chronicles 7:8 ). 3. A descendant of David who lived after the Exile ( 1 Chronicles 3:23-24 ). 4. A son of Pashhur who had married a foreign wife ( Ezra 10:22 ); called in 1E Esther 9:22 Elionas. 5. A son of Zattu who had committed the same offence ( Ezra 10:27 ); called in 1E Esther 9:28 Eliadas. 6. A priest ( Nehemiah 12:41 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Neariah, a descendant of David. 1 Chronicles 3:23,24 .

2. Head of a family of Simeon. 1 Chronicles 4:36 .

3. Son of Becher, a son of Benjamin. 1 Chronicles 7:8 .

4. Son of Meshelemiah, a Korhite. 1 Chronicles 26:3 .

5,6. Priest and Israelite who had married strange wives. Ezra 10:22,27 .

7. Priest who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. Nehemiah 12:41 .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ē̇ -lı̄ -ō̇ -ē´nā̇ -i . See Eliehoenai .