Definition

Eljehoenai or Eljoenai, the name of seven Israelites

Etymology

or (shortened) אֶלְיוֹעֵינַי; from H413 (אֵל) and H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H5869 (עַיִן); towards Jehovah (are) my eyes;

Where the KJV renders it

• Elihoenai
• Elionai

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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