Eliphalat (Hastings' Dictionary)

1. (A 'EXi^cfXaTos, B 'EXft^oXa, AV Eliphalet), 1 Es 8«».— In Ezr 8" Eliphelet. 2. CEXfi^aXar), 1 Es 9^ = Ezr 10* ELIPHELET. ELIPHAZ [i5''?f!, possibly ' God is fine gold ' ; but in the absence of analogous meanings this must be considered very doubtful. LXX generally 'EXi^ii (so A in Gn) or 'EXfi^as (so B in Ch and Job, except 2") or 'EXi^a'f (so A iu Ch and Job, and D in Gn 36')] is the name of two foreigners (Arabs) mentioned in OT. 1. E. appears in the Edomite genealogy of Gn 36 (and hence 1 Ch 1^') as son of Esau by Adah (vv.'' '"), and father of Amaiek by his Horite concubine Timnali (vv.'^-^). In v.'"- various other sons are mentioned, as ' the dukes that came of E. in the land of Edom,' noticeable among them being ' Duke Teman,' and another is the well-known tribal name Kenaz. See further, art. Edom. 2. See next article. G. B. Gray.