Bible Encyclopedias
Eliab

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

1. Son of Helon and leader of the tribe of Zebulun at the time when the census was taken in the wilderness (Numbers 1:9; 2:7; 7:24,29; 10:16).
2. A Reubenite, the son of Pallu or Phallu, father of Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram (Numbers 16:1,12; 26:8; Deuteronomy 11:6).
3. One of David's brothers, the eldest of the family (1 Chronicles 2:13; 1 Samuel 16:6; 17:13,28). In 1 Chronicles 27:18 mention is made of a certain Elihu as one of the brothers of David. But "Elihu" is probably a variant for "Eliab" (comp. Jerome, "Quæstiones Hebraicæ," ad loc.).
4. A Levite in the time of David who was both a porter and musician (1 Chronicles 15:18,20; 16:5).
5. One of the warlike Gadite leaders who came to David when he was in the wilderness (1 Chronicles 12:9).
6. An ancestor of Samuel the Prophet; a Kohathite, son of Nahath (1 Chronicles 6:12 [27]). In 1 Samuel 1:1 the name appears as "Elihu," and in 1 Chronicles 6:19 (34) as "Eliel."
7. Son of Nathanael, an ancestor of Judith (Judges 8:1).