Bible Names

Elihu: meaning of the name

Elihu means “he is my God himself.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Elihu in Hebrew and Greek

אֱלִיהוּ H453

ʼĔlîyhûw (el-ee-hoo') — Elihu, the name of one of Job's friends, and of three Israelites

or (fully) אֱלִיהוּא; from H410 (אֵל) and H1931 (הוּא); God of him;

People named Elihu in the Bible

Elihu in Scripture

“Elihu” appears in 11 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 1 Samuel 1:1

    Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim–zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

  • 1 Chronicles 12:20

    As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:7

    The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.

  • 1 Chronicles 27:18

    Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:

  • Job 32:2

    Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

  • Job 32:4

    Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

  • Job 32:5

    When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.

  • Job 32:6

    And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.