Bible Names

Eliphaz: meaning of the name

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

Eliphaz in Hebrew and Greek

אֱלִיפַז H464

ʼĔlîyphaz (el-ee-faz') — Eliphaz, the name of one of Job's friends, and of a son of Esau

from H410 (אֵל) and H6337 (פָּז); God of gold;

People named Eliphaz in the Bible

Eliphaz in Scripture

“Eliphaz” appears in 14 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 36:4

    And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;

  • Genesis 36:10

    These are the names of Esau’s sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.

  • Genesis 36:11

    And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.

  • Genesis 36:12

    And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.

  • Genesis 36:15

    These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,

  • Genesis 36:16

    Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:35

    The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:36

    The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.