Bible Dictionary

Elioenai

Toward Jehovah are my eyes, the name of several men mentioned in the Old Testament (1 Chr. 7:8; 4:36; Ezra 10:22, 27). Among these was the eldest son of Neariah, son of Shemaiah, of the descendants o…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Toward Jehovah are my eyes, the name of several men mentioned in the Old Testament (1 Chr. 7:8; 4:36; Ezra 10:22, 27). Among these was the eldest son of Neariah, son of Shemaiah, of the descendants of Zerubbabel. His family are the latest mentioned in the Old Testament (1 Chr. 3:23, 24).

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(my eyes are toward the Lord).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

ELIOE'NAI (toward Jehovah are my eyes). Head of a Benjamite family. 1 Chr 7:8. Head of a Simeonite family. 1 Chr 4:36. A Korhite Levite. 1 Chr 26:3. One of David's descendants. 1 Chr 3:23-24. A priest who had a foreign wife. Ezr 10:22; Neh 12:41. Another who had a foreign wife. Ezr 10:27.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

toward him are mine eyes; or to him are my fountains