Elpaal

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A Benjamite. Hushim's son; Ahitub's brother. His descendants lived near Lod or Lydda, on the Benjamite hills bordering on Dan, at Ajalon (Yalo). Hushim was the name of a Danite family, so that the two tribes must have intermarried ( 1 Chronicles 8:11-18).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Elpa'al. (God His Wages). A Benjamite, son of Hushim and brother of Abitub.  1 Chronicles 8:11. He was the founder of numerous families.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Chronicles 8:1  1 Chronicles 8:18 1 Chronicles 8:12

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Elpaal . A Benjamite family (  1 Chronicles 8:11-12;   1 Chronicles 8:18 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Son of Shaharaim, a Benjamite.  1 Chronicles 8:11,12,18 .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

[many El'paal] (Hebrews Elpa'al, אֶלְפִּ ל , in pause אֶלְפָּ ל , God is his Wages; Sept. Ἀλφαάλ and Ε᾿Λφαάλ ), the second named of the two sons of Shaharaim (a descendant of Benjamin residing in the region of Moab) by his wife Hushim, and progenitor of a numerous posterity ( 1 Chronicles 8:11-12;  1 Chronicles 8:18). B.C. cir. 1618. The Bene-Elpaal appear to have lived in the neighborhood of Lydda (Lod), and on the outposts of the Benjamite hills as far as Ajalon (8:12-18), near the Danite frontier.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

el - pā´al ( אלפעל , 'elpa‛al , "God has wrought" (compare אלעשׂה , 'el‛āsāh ,  Jeremiah 29:3 )): The name of a descendant of Benjamin ( 1 Chronicles 8:11 ,  1 Chronicles 8:12 ,  1 Chronicles 8:18 ).