Bible Names

Eliashib: meaning of the name

Eliashib means “the God of conversion.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Eliashib in Hebrew and Greek

אֶלְיָשִׁיב H475

ʼElyâshîyb (el-yaw-sheeb') — Eljashib, the name of six Israelites

from H410 (אֵל) and H7725 (שׁוּב); God will restore;

People named Eliashib in the Bible

Eliashib in Scripture

“Eliashib” appears in 15 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 1 Chronicles 3:24

    And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.

  • 1 Chronicles 24:12

    The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,

  • Ezra 10:6

    Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.

  • Ezra 10:24

    Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.

  • Ezra 10:27

    And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

  • Ezra 10:36

    Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

  • Nehemiah 3:1

    Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.

  • Nehemiah 3:20

    After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.