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Eliphaz
the name means God of gold Strong's Lexicon
Eliphaz the Temanite was one of Job's three friends who came to comfort him during his affliction.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
God his strength. (1.) One of Job's "three friends" who visited him in his affliction (4:1). He was a "Temanite", i.e., a native of Teman, in Idumea. He first enters into debate with Job. His language is uniformly more delicate and gentle than that of the other two, although he imputes to Job special sins as the cause of his present sufferings. He states with remarkable force of language the infinite purity and majesty of God (4:12-21; 15:12-16).
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
First named at Job 2:11.
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Verses that name Eliphaz
- Job 2:11 Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
- Job 4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
- Job 15:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
- Job 22:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
- Job 42:7 After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
- Job 42:9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.