ELIAB
“God is father.”
Proper name of seven Israelites (Num. 1:9; 16:1, 12; 1 Sam. 16:6; 1 Chron. 6:27; 12:9; 15:18-20).
Main among them are:
(a) David’s older brother;
(b) a chief who helped take the census of Israel in the wilderness, and
(c) one of the singing musicians who accompanied the ark when it was taken to Jerusalem.