Given name
Eliashib
“El restores”·“El causes to return”
Eliashib is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewאלישיב
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Eliashib means “El restores” or “El causes to return.”
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Where it comes from
Eliashib is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew word 'el (אל), “God,” and the Hebrew verb shub (שוב), “to restore.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Eliashib appears in 1 Chronicles 3:24, 1 Chronicles 24:12, Nehemiah 2:10 and 1 other passage.
- 1 Chronicles 3:24
- 1 Chronicles 24:12
- Nehemiah 2:10
- Nehemiah 13:28
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Eliashib’s family of names
In English usage, Eliashib has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form ELIASIB.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Shebuelshares a root
- Shebnashares a root
- Meshobabshares a root
- Jushab-hesedshares a root
- Joshibiahshares a root
- Jashubi-lehemshares a root
- Jashubshares a root
- Jashobeamshares a root
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