Reference: Elihu

6. A native of Buz, Ge 22:21, which was probably a city of Edom, Jer 25:23, perhaps Bozrah, Jer 49:7-8,13. He came to condole with Job in his calamities. Young, ardent, sagacious, and devout, he listened attentively to the discourses of Job and his three friends; and at length broke in, with profuse apologies, to set them all right, Job 32. His address to Job he blames for condemning him as a hypocrite, in their ignorance of the wonders of God's providence. In several sentences he beautifully expresses his faith in the pardoning and restoring grace of God towards sinners, Job 33:23-24,27-30, passages in probably the oldest book of the Bible in the very spirit of the parable of the prodigal son.

whose God is he. (1.) "The son of Barachel, a Buzite" (Job 32:2), one of Job's friends. When the debate between Job and his friends is brought to a close, Elihu for the first time makes his appearance, and delivers his opinion on the points at issue (Job 32-37).

(2.) The son of Tohu, and grandfather of Elkanah (1Sa 1:1). He is called also Eliel (1Ch 6:34) and Eliab (1Ch 6:27).

(3.) One of the captains of thousands of Manasseh who joined David at Ziklag (1Ch 12:20).

(4.) One of the family of Obed-edom, who were appointed porters of the temple under David (1Ch 26:7).

("God is Jehovah".)

1. Son of Barachel ("God blesses"); the names indicating the piety of the family and their separation from idolatry) the Buzite (Buz being a region of Arabia Deserta, Jer 25:23, called from Buz son of Nahor, Abraham's brother), of the kindred of Ram (probably Aram, nephew of Buz): Job 32:2. He is the main human solver of the problem of the book, which ultimately is resolved, by Jehovah's appearance, into a question of His absolute sovereignty that cannot err. Elihu's reasoning is not condemned, as is that of the three elder friends and previous speakers, for whom and not for Elihu Job is directed to sacrifice and intercede (See JOB) .

2. Son of Tohu, ancestor of Samuel (1Sa 1:1); ELIEL in 1Ch 6:34; ELIAB 1Ch 6:27.

3. A captain of the thousands of Manasseh (1Ch 12:20). Followed David to Ziklag after he left the Philistines before the battle of Gilboa, and aided him against the plundering Amalekites (1Sa 30:1,9-10; 1Ch 12:20-21). 1Ch 12:4. A Korhite Levite in David's time, door-keeper of the house of Jehovah, son of Shemaiah, of Obed-Edom's family (1Ch 26:6-8), men of strength for service.

1. An ancestor of Samuel (1Sa 1:1); called in 1Ch 6:34 Eliel, and in 1Ch 6:27 Eliab. 2. A variation in 1Ch 27:18 for Eliab, David's eldest son (1Sa 16:6). 3. A Manassite who joined David at Ziklag (1Ch 12:20). 4. A Korahite porter (1Ch 26:7). 5. See Job [Book of]. 6. An ancestor of Judith (Jdt 8:1).

Eli'hu

1. Son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram. He is introduced abruptly in the history of Job. He was young and had not spoken until Job and his three friends had ceased. His wrath was kindled against Job because he justified himself rather than God, and against his three friends because they had condemned Job though they had not understood his case. The purport of Elihu's address is that God acts in grace and blessing to deliver man from evil, and to chastise and break him down. Job was a righteous man, but needed God's discipline. Job 32

Eli'hu

(whose God is he (Jehovah)).

1. One of the interlocutors in the book of Job. [JOB] He is described as the "son of Baerachel the Buzite."

See Job (2)

See Job, Book of

2. A forefather of Samuel the prophet.

1Sa 1:1

3. In

1Ch 27:18

Elihu "of the brethren of David" is mentioned as the chief of the tribe of Judah.

4. One of the captains of the thousands of Manasseh,

1Ch 12:20

who followed David to Ziklag after he had left the Philistine army on the eve of the battle of Gilboa.

5. A Korhite Levite in the time of David.

1Ch 26:7

ELIHU, one of Job's friends, a descendant of Nahor, Job 32:2. See JOB.