Study Dictionary
NAVE: Elizaphan Elzaphan
SMITH: ELIZAPHAN ELZAPHAN
ISBE: ELIZAPHAN ELZAPHAN
Elizaphan
In Bible versions:
Elizaphan: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEVElzaphan: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
Eli-zaphan: NRSV
son of Parnach, Moses' land distribution deputy for Zebulun
son of Uzziel son of Kohath son of Levi
God of the northeast wind
son of Uzziel son of Kohath son of Levi
God of the northeast wind
Hebrew
Strongs #0469: Npuyla 'Eliytsaphan or (shortened) Npula 'Eltsaphan
Elizaphan or Elzaphan = "my God has protected"1) a Kohathite chief in the wilderness
2) a Zebulunite chief
3) Uzziel's son, Mishael's brother in time of Moses
469 'Eliytsaphan el-ee-tsaw-fawn'
or (shortened) Eltsaphan {el-tsaw- fawn'}; from 410 and6845; God of treasure; Elitsaphan or Eltsaphan, an
Israelite:-Elizaphan, Elzaphan.
see HEBREW for 0410
see HEBREW for 06845
Elizaphan [NAVE]
ELIZAPHAN1. A Levite, Ex. 6:22; Lev. 10:4; Num. 3:30; 1 Chr. 15:8.
2. A prince of Zebulun, Num. 34:25.
3. Probably identical with 1, above, 2 Chr. 29:13.
ELIZAPHAN [SMITH]
(whom God protects).- A Levite, son of Uzziel, chief of the house of the Kohathites at the time of the census in the wilderness of Sinai. (Numbers 3:30) (B.C. 1491.)
- Prince of the tribe of Zebulun. (Numbers 34:25)
ELZAPHAN [SMITH]
(whom God protects), second son of Uzziel, who was the son of Kohath son of Levi. (Exodus 6:22)ELIZAPHAN [ISBE]
ELIZAPHAN - el-i-za'-fan, e-liz'-a-fan ('elitsaphan; Septuagint Eleisaphan, Elisaphan, Elisapa, Elisaphat, "God has protected; compare tsephanyah, Zephaniah, "Yah has protected," and the Phoenician, tsephanba`al, Baal has protected"):(1) The son of Uzziel, the son of Kohath, and so a prince of the Levitical class of the Kohathites (Nu 3:30; 1 Ch 15:8; 2 Ch 29:13). But in 1 Ch 15:8; 2 Ch 39:13 his class seems to be coordinate with that of the Kohathites. He is called Elzaphan in Ex 6:22; Lev 10:4.
(2) A "prince" or chief of Zebulun, who represented that tribe in the division of the land (Nu 34:25).
Walter R. Betteridge