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Eliphaz ( Hebrew: אֱלִיפָז ’Ělīp̄āz, " El is pure gold ") is called a Temanite ( Job 4:1 ). He is one of the friends or comforters of Job in the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible . The first of the three visitors to Job ( Job 2:11 ), he was said to have come from Teman, an important city of Edom ( Amos 1:12; Obadiah 9.
Jan 4, 2022 · Answer. Eliphaz the Temanite is first mentioned in Job 2:11. He is one of Job’s three friends and would-be comforters. However, Eliphaz, along with Bildad and Zophar, failed in his attempt to comfort his suffering friend.
Eliphaz The Temanite, 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 member of a Palestinian people descended from Esau.
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Eliphaz (God is his strength). The son of Esau and Adah, and the father of Teman. ( Genesis 36:4; 1 Chronicles 1:35 1 Chronicles 1:36) The chief of the "three friends" of Job. He is called "the Temanite;" hence it is naturally inferred that he was a descendant of Teman.
Eliphaz ( Hebrew: אֱלִיפַז/אֱלִיפָז "My Elohim is gold", Standard Hebrew Elifaz, Tiberian Hebrew ʾĔlîp̄az / ʾĔlîp̄āz) was the first-born son of Esau [1] and his wife Adah. [2] . He had six sons, [3] of whom Omar was the firstborn, and the others were Teman, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz and finally Amalek, who was born to his concubine Timna.
Eliphaz. A native of Teman, and friend of Job, Job 2:11. Compare Genesis 36:10. He seems to have been older than Bildad and Zophar, and was the first address Job, Job 4:1-5:27 15:1-35 22:1-30. Easton's Bible Dictionary. God his strength. (1.) One of Job's "three friends" who visited him in his affliction ( 4:1 ).
In his first speech (Job 4, 5), Eliphaz begins by informing Job of all his affliction, namely, sin. Approaching Job in a courteous yet cold manner, Eliphaz seeks to prove that all calamity is judgment upon sin. The crux of his argument is: “Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?” .
