Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H453
אֱלִיהוּ
Elihuel-ee-hoo'
Elihu
11 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼĔlîyhûw
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H453is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H453
Elihu, the name of one of Job's friends, and of three Israelites
The King James renders it: Elihu.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Elihu is rendered "Elihu". It stands 11 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 1:1Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
1 Samuel 1:1אֱלִיה֛וּא
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's eleven uses are in Job.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Elihu9
- and Elihu2
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֱלִיל | elil | idol | Uses20 |
The words it stands beside
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֱלִיה֗וּא3
- אֱלִיה֖וּ2
- אֱלִיה֗וּ1
- אֱלִיה֛וּא1
- אֱלִיה֣וּא1
- אֱלִיה֖וּא1
- וֶֽאֱלִיה֗וּ1
- וֶאֱלִיה֖וּא1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)9HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2HC/Npm
1 Samuel
one use
Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
- אֱלִיה֛וּאʾelihu'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elihu
1 Chronicles
three uses
When David went to Ziklag, these men of Manasseh defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh.
- וֶאֱלִיה֖וּאveelihu'conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Elihu
Shemaiah’s sons were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad; his brothers were Elihu and Semachiah, also capable men.
- אֱלִיה֖וּʾelihuproper noun (a name)tagged: Elihu
over Judah was Elihu, one of David’s brothers; over Issachar was Omri son of Michael;
- אֱלִיה֖וּʾelihuproper noun (a name)tagged: Elihu
Job
seven uses
This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God,
- אֱלִיה֣וּאʾelihu'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elihu
Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.
- וֶֽאֱלִיה֗וּveelihuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Elihu
But when he saw that the three men had no further reply, his anger was kindled.
- אֱלִיה֗וּאʾelihu'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elihu
So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.
- אֱלִיה֖וּאʾelihu'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elihu
Then Elihu continued:
- אֱלִיה֗וּאʾelihu'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elihu
And Elihu went on to say:
- אֱלִיה֗וּʾelihuproper noun (a name)tagged: Elihu
And Elihu continued:
- אֱלִיה֗וּאʾelihu'proper noun (a name)tagged: Elihu
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.