Reference: Elioenai
Easton
toward Jehovah are my eyes, the name of several men mentioned in the Old Testament (1Ch 7:8; 4:36; Ezr 10:22,27). Among these was the eldest son of Neariah, son of Shemaiah, of the descendants of Zerubbabel. His family are the latest mentioned in the Old Testament (1Ch 3:23-24).
Fausets
("toward Jehovah my eyes are turned".)
1. 1Ch 7:8.
2. 1Ch 4:36.
3. 1Ch 26:3.
4. In the seventh generation from Zerubbabel, contemporary with Alexander the Great, but the Hebrew (1Ch 3:23-24) is probably an error, and Shemaiah, grandfather of Elioenai and father of Neariah, Elioenai's father, is probably Shimei, Zerubbabel's brother.
Hastings
1. A Simeonite chief (1Ch 4:36). 2. A Benjamite (1Ch 7:8). 3. A descendant of David who lived after the Exile (1Ch 3:23-24). 4. A son of Pashhur who had married a foreign wife (Ezr 10:22); called in 1Es 9:22 Elionas. 5. A son of Zattu who had committed the same offence (Ezr 10:27); called in 1Es 9:28 Eliadas. 6. A priest (Ne 12:41).
Morish
Elioe'nai
1. Son of Neariah, a descendant of David. 1Ch 3:23-24.
2. Head of a family of Simeon. 1Ch 4:36.
3. Son of Becher, a son of Benjamin. 1Ch 7:8.
4. Son of Meshelemiah, a Korhite. 1Ch 26:3.
5, 6. Priest and Israelite who had married strange wives. Ezr 10:22,27.
7. Priest who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. Ne 12:41.
Smith
Elio-e'na-i
(my eyes are toward the Lord).
1. Elsest son of Neariah, the son of Shemaiah.
2. Head of a family of the Simeonites.
(B.C. after 1451.)
3. Head of one of the families of the sons of Becher, the son of Benjamin.
4. A Korhite Levite, and one of the doorkeepers of the "house of Jehovah."
5. A priest in the days of Ezra, one of those who had married foreign wives.
(B.C. 446.) Possibly the same as
6. An Israelite of the sons of Zattu, who had also married a foreign wife.
(B.C. 458.)