Difference between revisions of "Elizaphan"

== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35221" /> ==

<p> 1. Numbers 3:30; his descendants took a lead in religion under [[David]] and [[Hezekiah]] (1 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 29:13). </p> <p> 2. Prince of Zebulun, appointed by [[Moses]] to take part in apportioning [[Canaan]] (Numbers 34:25). </p>

== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39993" /> ==

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

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

== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65943" /> ==

<p> 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. </p> <p> 2. Son of [[Parnach]] and a prince of the tribe of Zebulun. Numbers 34:25 . </p> <p> 3. Father of certain [[Levites]] that assisted [[Hezekiah]] in cleansing the temple. 2 Chronicles 29:13 . Perhaps the same as No. 1. </p>

<p> Eliz'aphan. (whom [[God]] protects). </p> <p> 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). </p> <p> 2. Prince of the tribe of Zebulun. Numbers 34:25. </p>

<p> '''''el''''' -'''''i''''' -'''''zā´fan''''' , '''''ē̇''''' -'''''liz´a''''' -'''''fan''''' ( אליצפן , <i> ''''''ĕlı̄cāphān''''' </i> ; [[Septuagint]] Ἐλεισαφάν , <i> '''''Eleisaphán''''' </i> , Ἐλισαφάν , <i> '''''Elisaphán''''' </i> , Ἐλισαφά , <i> '''''Elisaphá''''' </i> , Ἐλισαφάτ , <i> '''''Elisaphát''''' </i> , "God has protected"; compare צפניה , <i> '''''cephanyāh''''' </i> , Zephaniah, "Yah has protected," and the Phoenician, צפנבעל , "Baal has protected"): </p> <p> (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 . </p> <p> (2) A "prince" or chief of Zebulun, who represented that tribe in the division of the land (Numbers 34:25 ). </p>

<p> (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). </p> <p> 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. </p>

<ref name="term_35221"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/elizaphan Elizaphan from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref>

<ref name="term_39993"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/elizaphan Elizaphan from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>

<ref name="term_65943"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/elizaphan Elizaphan from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>