Ἐλιούδ
Elioúd
G1664 noun
SILEX Entry
Definition
Proper name, Eliud; refers to a specific ancestral figure in Israelite genealogies. The name means 'God is majesty' or 'God of glory,' articulating a relationship between the divine ('El') and majesty or splendor ('houd/hod'). As a proper name, its semantic range is limited to its nominative function, usually as a personal ancestor within genealogical lists.
Semantic Range
proper name; refers to a specific Israelite ancestor in genealogical lists
Root / Etymology
From Hebrew elements אֵל (El, 'God') and הוֹד (hod, 'majesty', 'splendor', 'glory'). Directly transliterated via the Septuagint convention into Greek as Ἐλιούδ (Elioúd).
Historical & Contextual Notes
Ἐλιούδ is a transliterated proper name found in Matthew 1:14–15 within the New Testament genealogy of Yeshua (Jesus), corresponding to the post-exilic Israelite period. The Greek form closely follows the pattern for rendering Hebrew personal names into Greek, retaining both the phonetic structure and the underlying Hebrew meaning. Not attested as a common Greek name outside biblical and related Jewish/Israelite genealogical usage. The term never functions as a title or common noun; it is purely nominal. English translations typically leave the name untranslated as 'Eliud.'
Original Strong's Gloss (1890)
of Hebrew origin (אֵל and הוֹד); God of majesty; Eliud, an Israelite:--Eliud.
Root Family
Ἐλιούδ (Elioúd) — God, majesty, splendor
Word Forms
1 distinct form
| SIDANCE | Surface | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 | SIBI-P2 | Occurrences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G1664-01 |
Ἐλιούδ | elioud | N ACC M SG |
Eliud | Eliud | Elioud | 2 |
Occurrences in Scripture
2 occurrences
| SIDANCE | Reference | Word | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 | SIBI-P2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G1664-01 |
Matthew 1:14 | Ἐλιούδ | elioud | N ACC M SG |
Eliud | Eliud | Elioud |
G1664-01 |
Matthew 1:15 | Ἐλιοὺδ | elioud | N NOM M SG |
Eliud | Eliud | Elioud |