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Elioenai

8 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.

These works date from 1884–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.

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In the reference works

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 6 references

Toward Jehovah are my eyes, the name of several men mentioned in the Old Testament (1 Chr. 7:8; 4:36; Ezra 10:22, 27). Among these was the eldest son of Neariah, son of Shemaiah, of the descendants of Zerubbabel. His family are the latest mentioned in the Old Testament (1 Chr. 3:23, 24).

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 7 references
(my eyes are toward the Lord).
  1. Elsest son of Neariah, the son of Shemaiah. (1 Chronicles 3:23,24)
  2. Head of a family of the Simeonites. (1 Chronicles 4:36) (B.C. after 1451.)
  3. Head of one of the families of the sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 7:8)
  4. A Korhite Levite, and one of the doorkeepers of the "house of Jehovah." (1 Chronicles 26:3)
  5. A priest in the days of Ezra, one of those who had married foreign wives. (Ezra 10:22) (B.C. 446.) Possibly the same as
  6. An Israelite of the sons of Zattu, who had also married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:27) (B.C. 458.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references

e-li-o-e'-na-i.

See ELIEHOENAI.

In the topical indexes

Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 7 references, grouped by sub-topic

Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.

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