---
title: אֱלִיפַז — Eliphaz · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֱלִיפַז (464), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: Eliphaz. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/464.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1488-5.md)‎ / אֱלִיפַז‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# אֱלִיפַז

<!-- .meta -->
«אֱלִיפַז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Eliphaz** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 15 times · **Key:** 464 · **BDB:** אֱלִיפַז

### Glosses

Eliphaz (10); of.Eliphaz (4); \[were\].Eliphaz (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Eliphaz [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/464/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/464/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (God is fine gold?) son of Esau Gn 36:4, 10, 11, 12(×2), 15, 16 1 Ch 1:35, 36. friend of Job Jb 2:11; 4:1; 15:1; 22:1; 42:7, 9.

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֱלִיפַז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/464/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Job 4:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.1/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
וַ֭יַּעַן אֱלִיפַ֥ז הַֽתֵּימָנִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.answered Eliphaz the Temanite and he.said

*JPS 1917:* Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Job 15:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.1/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
וַ֭יַּעַן אֱלִיפַ֥ז הַֽתֵּימָנִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.answered Eliphaz the Temanite and he.said

*JPS 1917:* Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said:

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [אֱלִיעֵנַי](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/462.md)
- next →: [אֱלִיפָל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/465.md)
- ↑ back to [א](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1488-5.md)