אֱלִיהוּ Elihu
Every verse in which this name stands — 11 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.
Strong's records this name for one of Job's friends, and of three Israelites. The name stands eleven times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Samuel 1:1 and last at 1 Chronicles 27:18.
וַיְהִי אִישׁ אֶחָד מִן־הָרָמָתַיִם צוֹפִים מֵהַר אֶפְרָיִם וּשְׁמוֹ אֶלְקָנָה בֶּן־יְרֹחָם בֶּן־אֱלִיהוּא בֶּן־תֹּחוּ בֶן־צוּף אֶפְרָתִֽי
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
וַיִּחַר אַף אֱלִיהוּא בֶן־בַּרַכְאֵל הַבּוּזִי מִמִּשְׁפַּחַת רָם בְּאִיּוֹב חָרָה אַפּוֹ עַֽל־צַדְּקוֹ נַפְשׁוֹ מֵאֱלֹהִֽים
Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram; against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
וֶֽאֱלִיהוּ חִכָּה אֶת־אִיּוֹב בִּדְבָרִים כִּי זְֽקֵנִים־הֵמָּה מִמֶּנּוּ לְיָמִֽים
Now Elihu had waited to speak unto Job, because they were older than he.
וַיַּרְא אֱלִיהוּא כִּי אֵין מַעֲנֶה בְּפִי שְׁלֹשֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁים וַיִּחַר אַפּֽוֹ
And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.
וַיַּעַן אֱלִיהוּא בֶן־בַּֽרַכְאֵל הַבּוּזִי וַיֹּאמַר צָעִיר אֲנִי לְיָמִים וְאַתֶּם יְשִׁישִׁים עַל־כֵּן זָחַלְתִּי וָֽאִירָא מֵחַוֺּת דֵּעִי אֶתְכֶֽם
And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: I am young, and ye are very old; Wherefore I held back, and durst not declare you mine opinion.
וַיַּעַן אֱלִיהוּא וַיֹּאמַֽר
Moreover Elihu answered and said:
וַיַּעַן אֱלִיהוּ וַיֹּאמַֽר
Moreover Elihu answered and said:
וַיֹּסֶף אֱלִיהוּא וַיֹּאמַֽר
Elihu also proceeded, and said:
בְּלֶכְתּוֹ אֶל־צִֽיקְלַג נָפְלוּ עָלָיו מִֽמְּנַשֶּׁה עַדְנַח וְיוֹזָבָד וִידִֽיעֲאֵל וּמִיכָאֵל וְיוֹזָבָד וֶאֱלִיהוּא וְצִלְּתָי רָאשֵׁי הָאֲלָפִים אֲשֶׁר לִמְנַשֶּֽׁה
As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of thousands that were of Manasseh.
בְּנֵי שְׁמַֽעְיָה עָתְנִי וּרְפָאֵל וְעוֹבֵד אֶלְזָבָד אֶחָיו בְּנֵי־חָיִל אֱלִיהוּ וּסְמַכְיָֽהוּ
The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael and Obed and Elzabad his brethren, valiant men; Elihu also, and Semachiah.
לִֽיהוּדָה אֱלִיהוּ מֵאֲחֵי דָוִיד לְיִשָׂשכָר עָמְרִי בֶּן־מִיכָאֵֽל
of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David; of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael;
Quick answers
What is the gematria of Elihu?
Elihu — אליהוא in Hebrew — has a gematria of 53 in the standard method.
How many times is Elihu named in the Tanakh?
11 times, first at 1 Samuel 1:1.
A spelling is not a name. The written word אליהוא stands 6 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.
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