אֶלְיָשִׁיב

el.ya.shiv

Eliashib

Strong’s H475Proper name, a person17 times in the Hebrew Bible

eliashib17

In the text

1 Chronicles 3:24וְאֶלְיָשִׁיב
The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven in all.
Ezra 10:6אֶלְיָשִׁיב
Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
Nehemiah 3:1אֶלְיָשִׁיב
At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.

אֶלְיָשִׁיב n.pr.m. (God restores)

a. a descendant of David

b. priest of David’s time

c. high priest of Nehemiah’s time

d. a singer

e. one of the line of Zattu

f. one of the line of Bani

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.