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Elioenai


El´ee-oh-ee´ni; a shortened form of Eliehoenai, Heb., “my eyes are toward God”

1 A Judahite, descendant of the kings of Judah through David (1Chr 3:23-24). 2 A family leader in the tribe of Simeon (1Chr 4:36). 3 A Benjaminite of the clan of Becher (1Chr 7:8). 4 A Levite of the priestly clan of Pashur. He was condemned by Ezra for taking a foreign wife (Ezra 10:22) and may be the same priest who served in postexilic Jerusalem (Neh 12:41). 5 A member of the clan of Zattu, likewise condemned by Ezra (Ezra 10:27).