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ʾĕlīʾāv אֱלִיאָב ‘Eliab’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʾēl אֵל ‘god’ and ʾāv אָב ‘father’
Roots: אל אב

ʾĕlīʾāv pr n m pers
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

Mentioned in Numbers 16:1, 16:12, 26:9, 7:29, 1:9, 2:7, 7:24, 10:16, 26:8 Deuteronomy 11:6 1 Samuel 17:13, 17:28, 16:6 1 Chronicles 2:13, 15:18, 6:12, 12:10, 15:20, 16:5 2 Chronicles 11:18

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