Elihu

also called Eliab, Eliel · A Levite, in the time of the United Monarchy · Tribe of Levi · named in 3 verses

the name means God of him Strong's Lexicon

Elihu, also known as Eliel, was an ancestor of the prophet Samuel.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Whose God is he. (1.) "The son of Barachel, a Buzite" (Job 32:2), one of Job's friends. When the debate between Job and his friends is brought to a close, Elihu for the first time makes his appearance, and delivers his opinion on the points at issue (Job 32-37).

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

Family

Parents Tohu

Children Jeroham

From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.

First named at 1 Samuel 1:1.

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Verses that name Elihu

1 Samuel 1:1 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 Chronicles 6:27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.
1 Chronicles 6:34 the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,