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Strong's #446 - אֱלִיאָב
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Eliab = “my God is father” or “God is father”
1) son of Helon, leader of Zebulun in the wilderness
2) a Reubenite chief, father of Dathan and Abiram
3) David’s oldest brother
4) a Levite musician
5) a Gadite warrior for David
6) a Kohathite
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a. prince of Zebulon Numbers 1:9; Numbers 2:7; Numbers 7:24,29; Numbers 10:16.
b. prince of Reuben Numbers 16:1,12; Numbers 26:8,9; Deuteronomy 11:6.
c. brother of David 1 Samuel 16:6; 1 Samuel 17:3,28 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 2:13; 2 Chronicles 11:18 (compare אֱלִיהוּ 1 Chronicles 27:18).
d. a Kohathite 1 Chronicles 6:12 = אֱלִיאֵל v. 1 Chronicles 6:19 compare אֱלִיהוּ 1 Samuel 1:1.
e. a Gadite 1 Chronicles 12:9. feminine Levite singer 1 Chronicles 15:18,20; 1 Chronicles 16:5.
אֱלִיאָב (“whose father is God”), [Eliab], pr.n.
(1) a leader of the tribe of Zebulon, Numbers 1:9, 2:7.
(2) Numbers 16:1, 12 Numbers 16:12, 26:8.
(3) a brother of David, 1 Samuel 16:6, 17:13, 28 1 Samuel 17:28.
(4) 1 Chronicles 16:5.