# H453 אֱלִיהוּ

אֱלִיהוּ (ʼĔlîyhûw), Strong’s H453: Elihu, the name of one of Job's friends, and of three Israelites KJV: Elihu.. Occurs 11 times.

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*ʼĔlîyhûw* — Elihu, the name of one of Job's friends, and of three Israelites

KJV: Elihu.

Built from [אֵל ʼêl](https://besorah.bible/word/H410) (strength) + [הוּא hûwʼ](https://besorah.bible/word/H1931) (he) — means “God of him”

Occurs 11 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֱלִיהוּ, אֱלִיהוּא n.pr.m. (He is (my) God)
- a the young friend of Job
- b an Ephraimite, Samuel’s great-grandfather
- c chief of Manasseh
- d a Korahite
- e one of the brethren of David

## Where it occurs
- [1 Samuel 1:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/1?v=1) — Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of…
- [Job 32:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/32?v=2) — Then the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled against Job. His wrath was…
- [Job 32:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/32?v=4) — Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were older than he.
- [Job 32:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/32?v=5) — When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.
- [Job 32:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/32?v=6) — Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered, “I am young, and you are very old. Therefore I held back, and didn’t…
- [Job 34:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/34?v=1) — Moreover Elihu answered,
- [Job 35:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/35?v=1) — Moreover Elihu answered,
- [Job 36:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/36?v=1) — Elihu also continued, and said,
- [1 Chronicles 12:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/12?v=21) — As he went to Ziklag, some from Manasseh joined him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai…
- [1 Chronicles 26:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/26?v=7) — The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose relatives were valiant men, Elihu, and Semachiah.