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Eliashib — proper name meaning 'God restores,' borne by six OT figures including Nehemiah's high priest
A theophoric name composed of 'El' (God) and a form of shub (to return, restore), meaning 'God restores.' The most prominent bearer is the high priest during Nehemiah's governorship, who led the rebuilding of the Sheep Gate (Neh 3:1) yet controversially provided Tobiah the Ammonite a chamber in the temple courts (Neh 13:4-7). Other bearers include a Davidic descendant (1 Chr 3:24), a priestly division head (1 Chr 24:12), a temple singer who had married a foreign wife (Ezra 10:24), and two laymen from the clans of Zattu and Bani who did likewise (Ezra 10:27, 36). The name's ironic resonance — 'God restores' — threads through the post-exilic restoration narrative.
Senses
1. Elyashiv (proper name) — The proper name Eliashib (אֶלְיָשִׁיב, 'God restores'), applied to at least six distinct individuals. Cross-linguistic renderings are remarkably stable (eng: Eliashib, spa: Eliasib, fra: Éliashib, deu: Eljaschib), reflecting the name's fixed transliteration tradition. The high priest Eliashib dominates the attestation with 11 of 17 occurrences, all concentrated in Ezra-Nehemiah, where he embodies both the hope and the compromise of the post-exilic community. 17×
AR["أَلياشيبَ", "أَلْيَاشِيبَ", "أَلْيَاشِيبُ", "لِأَلِيَاشِيبَ", "وَ-أَلياشيبُ", "وَ-أَلْياشيب"]·ben["আর-ইলিয়াশীব", "ইলিয়াশীব", "ইলিয়াশীবের", "ইলীয়াশীব", "ইলীয়াশীবের", "ইলীয়াশীবের-জন্য", "ও-ইলীয়াশীব"]·DE["Eljaschib", "[ואלישיב]", "[לאלישיב]", "und-Eljaschib"]·EN["Eliashib", "Elyashiv", "and-Elyashiv", "for-Elyashiv"]·FR["et-Éliashib", "zu-Éliashib", "Éliashib"]·heb["אלישיב", "ו-אלישיב", "ל-אלישיב"]·HI["एल्याशीब", "एल्याशीब-के", "एल्याशीब-के-लिए", "एल्याशीब-को", "एल्याशीबने", "और-एल्याशीब", "और-एल्याशीबने"]·ID["Elyasib", "bagi-Elyasib", "dan-Elyasib"]·IT["Eliashib", "a-Eliashib", "e-Eliashib"]·jav["Dhateng-Elyasib", "Elyasib", "lan-Elyasib", "lan-Élyasib", "Élyasib"]·KO["그리고-엘리아십은", "에게-엘리아시브", "엘리아십", "엘리아십-의", "엘리아십과", "엘리아십은", "엘리아십을", "엘리아십의", "엘리아십이"]·PT["Elyashiv", "e-Elyashiv", "para-Elyashiv"]·RU["Эльяшив", "Эльяшива", "Эльяшиву", "и-Эльяшив"]·ES["Eliasib", "Elyashiv", "para-Eliashib", "y-Eliasib", "y-Elyasib"]·SW["Eliashibu", "kwa-Eliashibu", "na-Eliashibu"]·TR["Elyasiv", "Elyasivin", "Elyaşiv", "Elyaşiv'e", "Elyaşiv'i", "Elyaşiv'in", "ve-Elyaşiv"]·urd["الیاسب", "الیاسب-نے", "الیاسیب-کے-لیے", "الیاشیب", "اور-الیاسب", "اِلیاشیب", "و-الیشیب"]
1 Chr 3:24, 1 Chr 24:12, Ezra 10:6, Ezra 10:24, Ezra 10:27, Ezra 10:36, Neh 3:1, Neh 3:20, Neh 3:21, Neh 3:21, Neh 12:10, Neh 12:10 (+5 more)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֶלְיָשִׁיב n.pr.m. (God restores, cf. NesEg194 & Sab. תֿובאל DHMZMG 1883, 16) a. a descendant of David 1 Ch 3:24. b. priest of David’s time 1 Ch 24:12. c. high priest of Nehemiah’s time Ezr 10:6; Ne 3:1, 20, 21(×2); 12:10(×2), 22, 23; 13:4, 7, 28. d. a singer Ezr 10:24. e. one of the line of Zattu Ezr 10:27. f. one of the line of Bani Ezr 10:36.