Bible Person
Meaning: he is my God himself · Male · 3 cross references
This Elihu entry refers to the ancestor in Samuel's family line, also reflected under related names in Chronicles, not Elihu the speaker in Job already separately overridden. He belongs to the Levitical genealogy behind Samuel and later worship leaders. First appears in 1 Sam 1:1.1
AI summary: This Elihu matters because the cross references preserve him in the genealogical line leading toward Samuel and the later musical lineage associated with Heman. The variant names show how family memory can travel through overlapping textual traditions while still preserving continuity. Taken together, the material presents this Elihu as a Levitical ancestor whose line feeds into both prophetic and musical leadership.1
Central Figure
Elihu
Meaning: he is my God himself
The son of Tohu, and grandfather of Elkanah (1 Sam.
The son of Tohu, and grandfather of Elkanah (1 Sam. 1:1). He is called also Eliel (1 Chr. 6:34) and Eliab (6:27). 3
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.