Bible Person
Meaning: he is my God himself · Male · 7 cross references
Elihu is the younger speaker who enters the book of Job after Job's three friends fall silent. He claims to defend God's justice while correcting both Job's complaints and the failures of the earlier debate. First appears in Job 32:2.1
Name meaning
he is my God himself
Identity
male
First appears
Job 32:2
AI summary: Elihu matters because the cross references present him as the final human voice before the Lord Himself speaks. He is angry both with Job and with the friends, and his speeches attempt to reframe suffering, discipline, and divine righteousness in more careful terms. Readers continue to debate his adequacy, but the narrative gives him substantial space at a pivotal transition. Taken together, the material presents Elihu as a serious intervening voice whose speeches prepare the way for Job's direct encounter with God.1
Central Figure
Elihu
Meaning: he is my God himself
“The son of Barachel, a Buzite” (Job 32:2), one of Job’s friends.
Name meaning
he is my God himself
Identity
male
“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). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.