Hebrew word · H456

אֱלִיחֹ֫רֶף

'elichoref

Elihoreph

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.4.3;

son of: Seraiah (H8304);

brother of: Ahijah (H0281)

§ Elihoreph = "God of winter (harvest-time)"

a scribe in Solomon's court

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Kings · 1

  1. 1 Kings 4:3 אֱלִיחֹ֧רֶף Elihoreph

    Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

    Here: First of the two brothers who held the secretary's office. The name starts with 'Eli-' ('my God'). What the second half means is uncertain: possibly 'my God is (the giver of) the autumn/harvest season', and some have suggested an Egyptian element. He appears only here.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.