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Elioenai

אֶלְיוֹעֵינַי · el.yo.e.nay · H0454I“toward him are mine eyes; or to him are my fountains” Hitchcock's 18691 mention, all in 1 Chronicles

Who he was

Elioenai is listed in the genealogy of the tribe of Benjamin as one of the sons of Becher (1 Chronicles 7:8). Becher was a son of Benjamin, making Elioenai a grandson of the patriarch Benjamin. This genealogy records the heads of families and clans within the tribe of Benjamin. Apart from being mentioned as a son of Becher, no additional information is provided about Elioenai's life or role in the Bible.

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Family

FatherBecherSiblingsZemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, Alemeth
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Every mention

1 reference, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

1 Chronicles 1 mention

1 Chronicles 7:8The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.

What the dictionary says

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).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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