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The Definition of the word Eliab

Eliab

To whom God is father. (1.) A Reubenite, son of Pallu (Num. "16:1, 12; 26:8, 9; Deut. 11:6)." "(2.) A son of Helon, and chief of the tribe of Zebulun at the time of the census in the wilderness (Num. 1:9; 2:7). "(3.) The son of Jesse, and brother of David (1 Sam. 16:6). It was he who spoke contemptuously to David when he proposed to fight Goliath (1 Sam. 17:28). "(4.) One of the Gadite heroes who joined David in his stronghold in the wilderness (1 Chr. 12:9).


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