EL-BETH-EL #1540
1 Name of the altar erected by Jacob where he had the vision of angels
EL-ELOHE-ISRAEL #1541
1 Name of Jacob's altar at Salem
ELADAH #1542
ELAH #1543
1 A valley where David killed Goliath
5 Son and successor of Baasha, king of Israel
7 A Benjamite chief
ELAM #1544
1 A district southeast of Babylon, on Persian Gulf
1.1 Prophecies concerning
1.2 Jews from
3 A Benjamite chief
4 Designated as "the other Elam,"
5 A Jewish captive, whose descendants, to the number of One-thousand two-hundred and fifty-four returned from Babylon
6 A Levite musician
7 One of the Israelitish chiefs with Nehemiah
ELAMITES #1545
1 Descendants of Elam, whose name was given to the district of Elam
ELASAH #1546
1 Son of Helez, called ELEASAH
ELATH #1547
ELDAAH #1548
ELDAD #1549
1 Prophesies in the camp of the Israelites
ELDER #1550
1 IN THE MOSAIC SYSTEM
2 (Equivalent to the title senator, in present use)
2.1 Elders, with delegated powers, were authorized to act for their constituency
2.2 See GOVERNMENT , MOSAIC
3 IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Ac 11:29,30; 14:23; 15:1-35; 16:4,5; 20:17,28-32; 21:18; 1Ti 4:14; 5:17-19; Tit 1:5-9; Heb 11:2; Jas 5:14,15; 1Pe 5:1-5; 2Jo 1:1; 3Jo 1:1
4 APOCALYPTIC VISION OF
Re 4:4,10; 5:5,6,8,11,14; 7:11,13; 11:16; 14:3; 19:4
4.2 Also see CHURCH , GOVERNMENT OF
ELEAD #1551
ELEALEH #1552
2 Taken by the Israelites
ELEASAH #1553
1 Name of two men, or of one man (uncertain which), also called ELASAH
2 Compare
1Ch 2:39; 8:37; 9:43; with Jer 29:3
3 And
ELEAZAR (ELEAZER) #1554
1.1 Married a daughter of Putiel, who bore him Phinehas
1.2 After the death of Nadab and Abihu is made chief of the tribe of Levi
1.3 Duties of
1.4 Succeeds Aaron as high priest
1.5 Assists Moses in the census
1.6 With Joshua, divides Palestine
1.7 Death and burial of
1.8 Descendants of
2 An inhabitant of Kirjath-jearim who tended the ark of the covenant for a while
4 Son of Dodo, and one of David's distinguished heroes
6 A returned Israelitish exile
ELECTION #1555
1 OF RULERS
1.1 By lot
2 OF GRACE
Joh 15:16; 17:6; Eph 1:4; 2:10; 2Th 2:13
2.2 Of good angels
2.4 Of ministers
2.5 Of churches
2.6 See PREDESTINATION
ELECTIONEERING #1556
ELEGY #1557
1 David's, on Saul and Jonathan
3 See the BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS
ELEPH #1558
ELEPHANT #1559
1 (Margin A. V.)
ELHANAN #1560
1 A distinguished warrior in the time of David, who killed Lahmi, the brother of Goliath, the Gittite
1.1 Compare
2 Son of Dodo, one of David's heroes
ELI #1561
1 High priest
3 Misjudges and mistakenly rebukes Hannah
5 Officiates when Samuel is presented at the tabernacle
6 Indulgent to his corrupt sons
7 His solicitude for the ark
8 Death of
9 Prophecies of judgments upon his house
1Sa 2:27-36; 3; with 1Ki 2:27
ELIAB #1562
1 A Reubenite, progenitor of Dathan and Abiram
3.2 And ELIEL
4 Son of Jesse and eldest brother of David
4.1 A prince in the tribe of Judah
6 A Levite, a porter and musician
ELIADA #1563
2 A Benjamite
ELIADAH #1564
ELIAH #1565
ELIAHBA #1566
ELIAKIM #1567
2 Son of Hilkiah, deputy of Hezekiah
2Ki 18:18; 19:2; Isa 36:3,11,22; 37:2
3 Original name of Jehoiakim, king of Judah
4.1 Probably same as SHECHANIAH
5 A priest
ELIAM #1568
1 Father of Bath-sheba
ELIAS #1569
ELIASAPH #1570
ELIASHIB #1571
1 A priest
2 Name of three Israelites mentioned in
3 High priest
ELIATHAH #1572
1 A musician
ELIDAD #1573
ELIEL #1574
4 Three of David's heroes, bearing the same name
6 A Levite, who had charge of the temple
ELIENAI #1575
1 A Benjamite citizen of Jerusalem
ELIEZER #1576
1 Abraham's servant
4 A priest
6 A prophet
8 A Jewish exile
9 A priest after the exile
10 A Levite
11 An Israelite after the exile
ELIHOENAI #1577
1 A Levite
ELIHOREPH #1578
ELIHU #1579
1 A Buzite and one of Job's three friends
2.1 Probably identical with ELIEL
2.2 And ELIAB
3 A Manassite warrior, who joined David at Ziklag
4 A porter of the temple
5 A chief of the tribe of Judah
5.1 Possibly ELIAB, the oldest brother of David
ELIJAH #1580
1 The Tishbite, a Gileadite and prophet, called ELIAS in the King James Version of the N. T.
1.2 Escapes to the wilderness, where he is miraculously fed by ravens
1.3 By divine direction goes to Zarephath, where he is sustained in the household of a widow, whose meal and oil are miraculousiy increased
1.4 Returns, and sends a message to Ahab
1.5 Meets Ahab and directs him to assemble the prophets of Baal
1.6 Derisively challenges the priests of Baal to offer sacrifices
1.7 Kills the prophets of Baal
1.8 Escapes to the wilderness from the fierceness of Jezebel
1.9 Fasts for forty days
1.10 Despondency and complaints of
1.11 Consolation given to
1.12 Flees to the wilderness of Damascus; directed to anoint Hazael king over Syria, Jehu king over Israel, and Elisha to be a prophet in his own place
1.13 Personal aspect of
1.14 Piety of
1Ki 19:10,14; Lu 1:17; Ro 11:2; Jas 5:17
1.15 His translation
1.16 Appears to Jesus at his transfiguration
1.17 Antitype of John the Baptist
Mt 11:14; 16:14; 17:10-12; Mr 9:12,13; Lu 1:17; Joh 1:21-25
2 MIRACLES OF
2.1 Increases the oil of the widow of Zarephath
2.2 Raises the son of the woman of Zarephath from the dead
2.3 Causes rain after seven years of drought
2.4 Causes fire to consume the sacrifice
2.5 Calls fire down upon the soldiers of Ahaziah
3 PROPHECIES OF
3.1 Foretells a drought
3.2 The destruction of Ahab and his house
3.4 The plague sent as a judgment upon the people in the time of Jehoram, king of Israel
4.1 A Benjamite chief
ELIKA #1581
ELIM #1582
1 Second camp of the Israelites after crossing the Red Sea
ELIMELECH #1583
1 With Naomi, his wife, and two sons, emigrate to Moab
ELIOENAI #1584
4 A priest
4.1 Possibly identical with one mentioned in
ELIPHAL #1585
ELIPHALET #1586
ELIPHAZ #1587
ELIPHELEH #1588
1 A Levite of the second degree
ELIPHELET #1589
1 A distinguished warrior
3 A son of David, probably identical with number two above
6 An Israelite, probably identical with number five above
ELISABETH (ELIZABETH) #1590
1 The wife of Zacharias and the mother of John the Baptist
ELISEUS #1591
1 General scriptures concerning
ELISHA #1592
1 (Successor to the prophet Elijah)
2 Elijah instructed to anoint
5 Witnesses Elijah's transporting, receives a double portion of his spirit
6 Mocked by the young men of Beth-el
7 Causes the king to restore the property of the hospitable Shunammite woman
8 Instructs that Jehu be anointed as king of Israel
10 Death of
11 Bones of, restore a dead man to life
12 MIRACLES OF
12.2 Purifies the waters of Jericho by casting salt into the fountain
12.3 Increases the oil of the woman whose sons were to be sold for her debt
12.4 Raises the son of the Shunammite woman from the dead
12.5 Neutralizes the poison of the stew
12.6 Increases the bread to feed one-hundred men
12.8 Sends Naaman's leprosy upon Gehazi as a judgment
12.9 Recovers the ax that had fallen into a stream by causing it to float
12.10 Reveals the counsel of the king of Syria
12.11 Opens the eyes of his servant to see the hosts of the Lord
12.12 Brings blindness upon the army of Syria
13 PROPHECIES OF: Foretells
13.1 The birth of a son to the Shunammite woman
13.2 Bounty to the starving people in Samaria
13.3 The death of the unbelieving prince
13.4 Seven years of famine in the land of Canaan
13.5 The death of Ben-hadad, king of Syria
13.6 Elevation of Hazael to the throne
13.7 The victory of Jehoash over Syria
ELISHAH #1593
2 Islands of the Mediterranean bear the name of
ELISHAMA #1594
Nu 1:10; 2:18; 7:48,53; 10:22; 1Ch 7:26
3 Another son of David, elsewhere called ELISHUA , which see
5 Probably identical with number four
7 A priest sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the law
ELISHAPHAT #1595
1 A Jewish captain
ELISHEBA #1596
ELISHUA #1597
ELIUD #1598
ELIZAPHAN #1599
1 A Levite
Ex 6:22; Le 10:4; Nu 3:30; 1Ch 15:8
3 Probably identical with number one above
ELIZUR #1600
ELKANAH #1601
2 Father of Samuel; a descendant of the preceding
1Sa 1:1,4,8,19,21,23; 2:11,20; 1Ch 6:27,34
3 A Levite
4 Possibly identical with number three above
5 A Levite
6 A Levite who joined David at Ziklag
7 A doorkeeper for the ark, perhaps identical with number six above
ELLASAR #1602
ELM #1603
1 General scriptures concerning
ELMODAM #1604
ELNAAM #1605
1 Father of two distinguished warriors
ELNATHAN #1606
1 Father of Nehushta, the mother of king Jehoiachin
2 Name of three Levites in the time of Ezra
ELOI #1607
1 General scriptures concerning
ELON #1608
4 A Hebrew judge
ELON-BETH-HANAN #1609
2 Perhaps identical with ELON in
ELONITES #1610
1 Descendants of Elon, son of Zebulun
ELOTH #1611
ELPAAL #1612
1 A Benjamite
ELPALET #1613
ELPARAN #1614
1 A place in the wilderness of Paran
ELTEKEH #1615
ELTEKON #1616
1 A city of the tribe of Judah
ELTOLAD #1617
1 A city of the tribe of Judah
ELUL #1618
1 (The sixth month (September))
2 The Jews finish the wall of Jerusalem in the month of
3 Zerubbabel builds the temple in the month of
ELUZAI #1619
1 A Benjamite
ELYMAS #1620
1 A false prophet, punished with blindness
ELZABAD #1621
1 A Gadite
2 A Korhite
ELZAPHAN #1622