Eliphaz

Eliphaz

:"For the figure from the Book of Job, see Eliphaz (Job). For the kibbutz near Eilat, see Elifaz (kibbutz)."

Eliphaz ( _he. אֱלִיפַז/אֱלִיפָז "My God is strength", Standard Hebrew Elifaz, Tiberian Hebrew ʾĔlîp̄az / ʾĔlîp̄āz) was the first-born son of Esau by his wife Adah. He had six sons, one of whom was Amalek, born to his concubine Timna, who was the ancestral enemy of the Israelite people (Exodus 17:16; Deuteronomy 25:19).

The Midrash relates that when Jacob escaped from Esau and fled to his uncle Laban in Haran, Esau sent Eliphaz to pursue and kill Jacob. When they met Jacob implored Eliphaz not to kill him, but Eliphaz challenged that he had his father's instructions to fulfill. Jacob gave everything he had with him to Eliphaz and said, "A poor person is as good as dead." Eliphaz was satisfied and left his uncle naked and penniless, but still alive.Fact|date=January 2008


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  • ELIPHAZ — fil. Esau ex Ada uxore. Gen. c. 36. v. 4. Lat. Dei nisus vel conatus …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Eliphaz (Job) — Eliphaz was one of Job s friends, probably a descendant of Eliphaz, son of Esau (Job 4:1). He appears in the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible.Eliphaz appears mild and modest; in his first reply to Job s complaints, he argues that those who are… …   Wikipedia

  • Eliphaz The Temanite — ▪ biblical figure       in the Old Testament Book of Job (chapters 4, 5, 15, 22), one of three friends who sought to console Job, who is a biblical archetype of unmerited suffering. The word Temanite probably indicates that he was an Edomite, or… …   Universalium

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  • Eliphaz — (fl. 19th 16th cent BCE)    Israelite, the eldest son of Esau and his wife Adah (Genesis 36:2 4) …   Dictionary of Jewish Biography

  • Eliphaz — n. (Biblical) son of Esau and father of Amalek; friend and comforter of Job …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Eliphaz — /el euh faz /, n. 1. a son of Esau and Adah. Gen. 36:2 4. 2. a friend of Job. Job 2:11 …   Useful english dictionary

  • Eliphaz the Temanite — (fl. 19th 16th cent BCE)    One of the three friends of Job …   Dictionary of Jewish Biography

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