The meaning of Eliashib in the Bible
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)

whom God will restore.

  • A priest, head of one of the courses of the priests of the time of David (I Chronicles 24:12).

  • A high priest in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah (Nehemiah 12:22,23). He rebuilt the eastern city wall (3:1), his own mansion being in that quarter, on the ridge Ophel (3:20,21). His indulgence of Tobiah the Ammonite provoked the indignation of (Nehemiah 13:4,7).


    See more on the meaning of Eliashib in the Bible:
    Eliashib {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
    Eliashib {Hitchcock's Bible Name}

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